>>I need to access properties on another form. In a very basic setup here is what I have:
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>>***startup form is form1
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>>***gotfocus of form1
>>Do form2
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>>***btnclick on form1
>>thisform.release
>>do form3
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>>****btnclick on form3
>>x = form2.property
>>* should this be desktop.form2.property? *
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>>***error msg
>>object form2 not found (btw: I am looking right at it. I copied and pasted the name into the code incase I was misspelling)
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>>What am i screwing up here?
> You need _SCREEN.forms.form2.property or something close to that. If that syntax looks a little ugly, that is why people hang form names like decorations in an array property of their application object.

I tried _screens.forms.form2 and _screens.form.form2 and _screens.form2 these all state that the object after _screen is unknown. I looked for _screen and it was very vanilla help. I appreciate your help. I am very close to using a global (Crap) I can fix it after the holiday i guess....