Yes, I can. It is just that the code (the forms and the procedures) I described in the initial message have been working for a long time. So, I wanted to see if I can reuse it without changing.
Getting back to your suggestion. Are you saying that the code in a method can be run from the Activate method without actually Showing the form?

>Hi Dmitry,
>
>Can you create form's method and use that method in the form's Activate and directly as well (and the button will call thisform.myMethod()) ?
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have a procedure that runs in a button click method. Here is the summary of the involved forms/windows:
>>1. Window/Form1 - User selects certain time period and click on Execute button
>>2. In the Form1 Execute button click code instantiates creates another form (Form2). Certain parameters are set in the form Form2. Then the Form2 method Show is called. E.g. Form2.Show()
>>3. The Form2 has the Process button with the click code that is the main code that has to be executed. In the Activate method of the Form2 the click method of the Process button is called. The code in the Activate method is as follows:
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>>thisform.cmdProcess.click()
>>

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>>The form Form2 is shown during the entire process executed in the cmdProcess button.
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>>I need to run the code in the cmdProcess.click() from another program that will run from the Windows Scheduler - without any user interface.
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>>Can I execute the code without Show() of the Form2? That is, can the code
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>>thisform.cmdProcess.click()
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>>run without the form on which the button reside being shown? That is, without steps 1 and 2 above. Just Step 3 without opening the form?
>>
>>TIA