Harry,

Put RETURN .F. in the Init.

>I have a form which, in its init method, checks to see if the conditions exist which make it worth loading the form. If not, I don't want the form to continue loading. Trouble is, I can't seem to stop it!
>
>I started with
>
>if (condition)
> (warn user that the form can't be loaded)
> thisform.release
>endif
>
>after that failed I tried
>if (condition)
> (warn user that the form can't be loaded)
> thisform.release
> nodefault
>endif
>
>and then
>if (condition)
> (warn user that the form can't be loaded)
> thisform.abandon && a property set up for this purpose
> thisform.release
> nodefault
>endif
>
>followed by these opening lines in both the load and activate methods
>
>if thisform.abandon
> thisform.release
> nodefault
>endif
>
>I even tried setting the form visible to false and then only setting it true if the condition was met. Made no difference whatsoever.
>
>They all yield precisely the same behaviour. The warning comes up for the benefit of the user, then the form displays regardless. I say 'displays' because the form refuses to react to any button pushing, as though it has been partially released. However, as it is 'alwaysontop' I can not then do anything with any other forms and am forced to crash the program to get rid of the damn thing.
>
>Presumably I'm missing something elementary. Could someone please put me out of my misery!
>
>Harry