>>>>In launching a 'report form someform preview' via a button on my form, should I define a window to display the previewed data then release it and give control back to the form? Thats what I did but it gets lost on the way and doesn't seem to work. Has anyone done this before?
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>>>The REPORT FORM someform PREVIEW has it's own window. Just invoke
>>>the REPORT FORM someform PREVIEW and on your next line of code type,
>>>thisform.refresh()
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>>Thats what I thought but the form itself remains steadfastly on the screen in the foreground. all repo form previewing is hidden behind it.
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>Timothy, check if your form is MODAL. Modal forms tend to stay on top of everything (like a messagebox).
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Barbara, thw windowtype is set to Modeless. As I told someone else I used the thisform.hide command and seemed to work. There is nothing straightforward about programming with forms! But they do look nice.