>I'd like to have a Pad "What's New" in Foxpro system menu which invokes the the command =show_whatsnew() upon selection
>
>function show_whatsnew
>modi file whatsnew.txt
>
>The window pops up okay first time ,but when the same pad is clicked again
>
>without closing window in the beginning of the application session it results in information box
>
>"Active form is not an object"
>
>pressing "Help" brings topic
>
>"name" is not an object (Error 1924)
>This name was previously defined as something other than an object.
>You have another occurrence of name.
>Check your code for duplicate instances of name.
>
>It needs clicking "OK" button several times to clear this information box.
>Then the problem cannot be reproduced .
>
>Because we sit in "modi file ..." any flags before that or skip for wexist("WHATSNEW.TXT" ) don't seem to be helpful. Any ideas ?
>
>Thank you.
>Michael


Hi,

Put a NOWAIT on the MODI FILE command.