>Hi Bill,
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>>I usually store an object reference to the form in a property of my application object and reference it from there. E.g:
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>>oApp.MyTopLevelForm. ...
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>That works, if the person is *using* an application object (g). They're not. I guess I should have been more specific -- this is a small application, with only the one form, instantiated from a control PRG that sets up the environment and calls the top-level form.
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>I tend to use my framework for everything, which has an application object, and I also do it the way you suggest...
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>Thanks,

Then how about creating a PRIVATE variable in the main PRG to hold the form object reference that will persist until you are ready to release it?

Bill