>I'm writing a VB class that handles opening and managing form's
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>In VFP you can do:
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>procedure openform
>lparameters cformname
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>oform = createobject(cformname)
>oform.show()
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>
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>The store to object 'oForm' to an array
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>
>In VB, I have:
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>Public Sub LaunchForm(sFormName As String)
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> Dim oForm As Form
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> Set oForm = New sFormName
> Load oForm
> oForm.Show
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>End Sub
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>The problem is that VB doesn't know what to do with the 'sFormName'
>variable. I get a 'User-Defined data type not found' error.
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>How do I pass in a form name to this routine?
>
>Many Thanks

Just declare the parameter as a form object and pass it the form's name (not as a string):

Public Sub LaunchForm(myForm As Form)
   myForm.Show
End Sub

call it with:

LaunchForm FormName