Dimmed close box indicates that you did not clear some object reference you created somewhere within the form. It's usually some form/control custom property holding reference to another object. If you have such properties you must clean them in Form.Destroy event:
***Form.Destory
This.Myproperty=.NULL.

>I am working on a form and never ran into this problem. I am having trouble closing (releasing) the form... it isn't happening. The form is rather straight forward and doesn't actually have much in it....
>
>FORM.LOAD
>public array days(6,7)
>public currdate
>
>
>
>FORM.INIT
>
>PARAMETERS passdate
>
>if parameters()=0
> currdate=date()
>else
> currdate=passdate
>endif
>thisform.fillarray
>
>
>FORM.FILLARRAY
>
>dayctr=1
>for w=1 to 6
> for d=1 to 7
> if w=1 and dayctr<7 and d> days(w,d).caption=""
> else
> days(w,d).caption=alltrim(str(dayctr))
> dayctr=dayctr+1
> if dayctr>dayscurr
> exit
> endif
> endif
> endfor
> if dayctr>dayscurr
> exit
> endif
>endfor
>
>
>It also has a container with 42 checkboxes in a grid format. The container has....
>
>CONT.INIT
>
>days(1,1)=this.d11
>days(1,2)=this.d12
>days(1,3)=this.d13
>days(1,4)=this.d14
>days(1,5)=this.d15
>days(1,6)=this.d16
>days(1,7)=this.d17
>
>days(2,1)=this.d21
>days(2,2)=this.d22
>days(2,3)=this.d23
>.... etc
>
>
>And that is basically it. What I have assumed.... the FORM.LOAD has created the public array to be used throughout. The CONTAINER.INIT assigns each checkbox (via the Name) to an array item for ease of use.
>
>When I run this form, their are no errors and the boxes fill in correctly. When I hit the CLOSE X on the form or I added a button with a CLICK event of THISFORM.RELEASE. The CLOSE X dims and nothing happens. The only way out is to shutdown VFP.
>
>Am I missing something for closing this all down? Do I need to play with a memory something or other? Am I blowing something out and it's getting lost?
>
>HELP!!!! Thanks
>
>Pete
>
>P.S. When I originally wanted to ARRAY the controls, Jim Booth helped with the CONTAINER and the INIT. He recommended creating a FORM property named BOX(1) but I received an error when I attempted that... this is why I used the ARRAY function as a public set of variables.

Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant