>Hello
>Can anyone tell me how to retrieve the name of the active form from within a procedure (not using thisform)?

Jeff,

Object's have tow types of names, one is the contents of their Name property, the other is a variable that holds an object reference to them. If you need an object reference to the currently active form you can;

* Check to see if there is a form active right now
IF TYPE("_SCREEN.ActiveForm.Name") = "C"
   * If there is, then store a reference to it in the variable loForm
   loForm = _screen.activeform
ELSE
   * If there is no active form, do whatever you need to do about that situation
   * No form is active
ENDIF