Yes, that's the way to do it. Be sure that the password form is modal and that you return the password entered by the user in the Unload() event.

HTH

>What In trying to do is I have a form with a check box that allows access to a database. when this box is checked i go see if there is a password enetered for this user, if there is not I want to open another form to get the password and send it back.
>
>If this.value = .t.
> do form password to lcpassword
>endif
>
>is this how its done or is there a different way?