thanks, I thought I was on the right track, but just needed that little extra push


>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.
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>HTH
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>>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.
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>>If this.value = .t.
>> do form password to lcpassword
>>endif
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>>is this how its done or is there a different way?