>>Otherwise i must use cyanide to stop my baby from crying.
>
>I think what Jim trying to say is that you should have a similar program like this:
>

>Procedure FormCollect
>Lparam cformname
>For i = 1 To _Screen.FormCount
>   * check if the name of the form is equal to your reference form name
>   If Upper(_Screen.forms(i).name) = Upper(cformname)
>
>      * do whatever you like to do in the form here
>      _Screen.forms(i).Activate
>      Exit
>   Endif
>Endfor
>

>
>Call the form anywhere in your application without declaring it public.
>

>Do FormCollect With 'MyForm'
>

>
>Another way is that Invoke the form specifying the name in the do form command:
>

>Do Form Myform Name MyformName
>

>
>so that you can call the form by its name anywhere in the application:
>
>MyFormName.Activate
>MyformName.Refresh
>
>etc.
>etc.
>
>jb