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How to check for duplicate forms?
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25/03/1997 23:49:28
Larry Long
ProgRes (Programming Resources)
Georgia, United States
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00025616
Message ID:
00025631
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>>>If I want to open the same form multiple times in my app, how do I check for the existence of a previously opened form? I want to set the window title (caption) to MyForm#1, MyForm#2, etc. and offset each window so they dont open directly on top of one another.
>>
>>You can try to use WEXIST("MyForm#1")
>>Also look at Tasmanian Traders sample, it is implemented there also.
>>
>>Nick
>Been there.. Done that...
>I created the form as an object from the form designer. WEXIST returns .f. FoxHelp says that it only works for windows created by DEFINE WINDOW...

You can use: if type('object') = 'O' and !isnull(object), then object exists for this...
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.
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