>>>>>>>>>>>>How do you release other FORMS opened from
>>>>>>>>>>>>within a FORM.. I know I asked this question before
>>>>>>>>>>>>and I thought I saved the answer. I want to close
>>>>>>>>>>>>two opened FORMS.... thanks..rob
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>***frmMain Destroy event (if you want to release 'child' forms too):
>>>>>>>>>>>if type("Thisformset.frmDetail1")=="O"
>>>>>>>>>>> Thisformset.frmDetail1.release()
>>>>>>>>>>>endif
>>>>>>>>>>>if type("Thisformset.frmDetail2")=="O"
>>>>>>>>>>> Thisformset.frmDetail2.release()
>>>>>>>>>>>endif
>>>>>>>>>>>....
>>>>>>>>>>>If you don't have Formset, try to use direct references to forms (from DO Form NAME clause).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>thanks Edward..these FORMS are not in a FORMSET yet, but
>>>>>>>>>>as single FORMS I will like to release them.
>>>>>>>>>>myform.release() does not seem to work.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Look at DO FORM command. Does it have NAME clause? One thing beforehand: you can always use RELEASE WINDOW myform (to other UT members: don't crtiticize me too much for this not OO advice, please).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>DO FORM does have a NAME clause, but I want to release a FORM.
>>>>>>>>How can you release a FORM with a DO FORM command?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You can't. But if you give the form an explicit name when you DO it, you can use that name to Release: _screen.formname.release.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I code this..
>>>>>>DO FORM myform NAME anyform
>>>>>>wait
>>>>>>_screen.anyform.release
>>>>>>
>>>>>>this did not work...
>>>>>
>>>>>Where did you put this code? You realize that after you DO a form, control is passed to that form and does not return to the calling procedure until control is surrendered back? For debugging try:
>>>>>
>>>>>look at what _screen.activeform.name returns. Try to reference the form using that name.
>>>>>
>>>>>You are on the right track, I'm sure there is just something silly holding you up...
>>>>
>>>>Hi Erik - My problem is, I am trying to release a FORM that is not active
>>>>and not part of a FORMSET.
>>>>How do you release a FORM that is not the active FORM?
>>>>I could use RELEASE WINDOW myform (thanks Edward)but I rather not.
>>>>I tried DO FORM myform NAME anyform
>>>>then....
>>>>_SCREEN.anyform.RELEASE - but this does not work because anyform is not the
>>>>active FORM.
>>>>any more ideas?..thanks...rob
>>>
>>>For nLoop=1 to _Screen.Formcount
>>> If _Screen.Forms(nLoop).Name="myform"
>>> _Screen.Forms(nLoop).Release
>>> Endif
>>>Endfor
>>
>>thanks Edward for the code...Rob
>I've been trying to do something similar: .Show other forms instead of releasing them. I ended up doing it the same way, by looping through _SCREEN.Forms(), looking for the .name property. I thought that if you don't use the NAME clause of DO FORM, then the name of the .scx file was the default object name. Though, as I say, making a name with the NAME clause didn't help me in this case.

It did not help me either. I ended up using RELEASE WINDOWS myform for now.
I am using standalone FORMS instead of adding these FORMS to a FORMSET. I decided to do it this way, because these FORMS can be standalone and I feel this is logically correct. To me, it like calling functions. The more functions you have the less code you have in MAIN….thanks..rob