>Hello,
>I posted this message on the VB thread but seem to get a better response from the Foxpro side.
>
>Can someone help me here? I've looked at all the documentation I could find for the last 5 hours and can't find the answer to what I believe is a simple solution. I'm getting an "Invalid use of property" message.
>I have a variable called FirstForm that contains the name of a form that I've obtained from a database. I want to load this form as the default form in my app. My code is:
>
>Dim firstform as form
>firstform = rs!dbdefaultscreen
>Set frmmy = new firstform
>frmmy.show
>
>I have the following code in my Declarations Section of the .BAS:
>
>public Type Newform
>firstform as form
>end type
>
>The contents of Firstform are correct, however, VB is not interpreting the Value.
>
>IN Foxpro I would use something like &firstform to evaluate the contents of the variable.
>Is there anything like this in VB? Help Please!
>Thanks in advance!

Have you tried SamHill's list? There seem to be a fair number of VB'ers there.