>I would like to be able to return a variable from a form. What is the best way to do this?
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>I want to do something like:
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>lcValue = DoCmd.OpenForm "frmTest"
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>and lcValue to have the returned value in it.

Are we talking VFP here? If so, then:

DO FORM frmMyForm TO lcValue

In the form's unload event say: RETURN "Some Character Value"

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