>I decided to use a cBizObjMaintenanceForm as the class but added a twist so I could use it to select an item from the grid and return a value and/or update values in the calling form with my choice. I made the form Modal through the properties list. Otherwise I can't get return values from it.

no ick.. just a "huh??"

Why can't you get it to return a value? All you should have to do is store the return value to Thisform.uretVal and the frmaework handling does the rest as per docs?