Yes, but that is only for forms that are currently running. He is looking for an object reference to the form currently being edited in the form designer.

>In both 5.0 and 6.0
>
>_SCREEN.FORMCOUNT
>and
>_SCREEN.FORMS(X).NAME
>
>work for me at design time. Don't have VFP 7 at work to check.
>
>>This works the same in 6 and 7. Forms() and FormCount only apply to running forms.
>>
>>>In VFP 7 if I issue the commands:
>>>
>>>MODIFY FORM "c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vfp98\form1.scx"
>>>?_SCREEN.FORMCOUNT
>>>
>>>It returns zero..
>>>
>>>Is there another way I can do this. I made a form converter in VFP6 that does something like...
>>>
>>>_SCREEN.FORMS(2).NAME=_SCREEN.FORMS(1).NAME
>>>_SCREEN.FORMS(2).COMMENT=_SCREEN.FORMS(1).COMMENT
>>>
>>>So I need the form count to work.
>>>
>>>
>>>Of course I can just use VFP6 but I was wondering if there is something I'm missing.
>>>
>>>Another thing is this _SCREEN object. A few times I have been able to browse
>>>the screens properties like a form in the property window. I don't know how I got it to come up..How does this work?