>>>In a form, I want to alternately open View1, View2, or Table1 (the table underlying both views), based on a parameter.
>>>
>>>Parameters are accepted in Form.Init(). Form.Load(), or DataEnvironment.OpenTables(), gets called before Form.Init(), right?
>>>
>>>Is there any workaround for this situation, other than creating several copies of the form (with inheritance, of course)?
>>>
>>>TIA, Hilmar.
>>
>>You can open the tables programmatically like so:
>>

This.DataEnvironment.AddObject("myAlias", "Cursor")
>>With This.DataEnvironment.myAlias
>>	.Alias = "myTable"
>>	.CursorSource = "mytable.dbf"
>>EndWith
>>This.DataEnvironment.OpenTables()

>>Set the DE AutoOpenTables to .F. before this.
>
>On reading your message again, I think you are proposing to postpone opening the tables. I wonder, if I do this in Form.Init(), after accepting the parameters, wouldn't this cause problems with unbound objects?
>
>Hilmar.

It would cause problems with design-time bound controls, yes. This approach would require binding controls programmatically after the DE has been setup.