>>>I have a value in a form that I need to return back to the calling form. However, when the UNLOAD event is fired, my value is gone. I'm missing something, what do I need to do to preserve my value to it can be "returned"
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>>>This is what I have in the UNLOAD EVENT
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return thisform.description.value

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>>Is the form modal?
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>The form is modal.

Is this a form property, or the property of a contained control? When Unload fires, controls have departed for parts unknown - you need to save the value to pass back to a form property to make sure it hasn't jumped into the bit bucket.