Thank you all for your ideas. I am much better off now!

Joe

>Joe,
>For one thing, if you make the variable public then you don't need to pass it to the form.

>click of button (or method called from click)
>oTempObj = createobject("shape") && create new object
>oTempObj.AddProperty("HoldProperty", "")  && add new property to hold text string
>do form editform with oTempObj  && call modal form
>< process oTempobj.HoldProperty >
>
>child form Init
>lparameter toObject
>THISFORM.AddProperty("TemporaryHold",toObject) && store object for later use
>
>child form Release
>With THISFORM
>   .TemporaryHold.HoldProperty = .EditBox1.Value
>Endwith
>THISFORM.Release()

>Or something like that.
>
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