No, I mean exactly the forms being edited in Form Designer. They are available for _SCREEN.FORMCOUNT and in _SCREEN.FORMS() collection.

>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?