>Hey all,
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>But then when the form object closes itself through the "Close" button, my reference is still there, set to .NULL.

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Can you just hide the form instead of closing it? This is also a way to have values returned from forms that are created with the CREATEOBJECT. Store the return value in a property of the form (say uRetValue) and get at it through the forms collection. (_screen.forms(lnFormIdx).uRetValue).