Jason

Thanks for your response

I tried having a procedure call both formA(Maps) and FormB(Coverages) independently from a menu call. This did clean up one other problem. The problem of the class on the second form not recognizing the occurance of the first form still exists. From inside the code in the class on the secong form (Coverages) I use:

called from coverages.coverprop1.populate()

maps.map1.layers.add (I get an error that maps does not exist)

Is it normal for a class on a form not being able to see another form that already exists? I can refer to formA(Maps) from the init of formB(Coverages)