>>>>>>I am not opening the same form as I open on page1,page(a). I use hide and show to open and close the forms. It works great when I show the form when I am
>>>>>>on page,page(b).. It is like it defaults the activepage to page,page(b).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The problem I'm having is that you keep say it is working fine
>>>>>on the page 2,page(b). That is not true. You are opening a different
>>>>>form when you are trying this on page two. You could try opening the
>>>>>same form you have on page 1 - page b when clicking on the open button
>>>>>on page 1 - page a. Maybe you will find out that there is something
>>>>>within this one form that is causing a problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>Dan
>>>>OK - I set it up so I am using the same form on both pages and I still
>>>>have the problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>I may not be of much help to you now. I would need to see the click event
>>>to open and the click event of the close of the small form. If you click anywhere on page 1 - page a after closing the small form, does it switch over to the second page or just when you click the open on page 1 - page a.
>>>
>>>Dan
>>thisformset.myform.show - to open
>>thisformset.myform.hide - to close
>>>If you click anywhere on page 1 - page a after closing the small form, does
>>>it witch over to the second page or just when you click the open on page 1 - >page a.
>>no
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>Now, set up a trace to fire on the second hit of the open button. Also fire the button with a key stroke such as "ALT+O". This will make sure that the
>form is being fired a second time and not somehow activating the second
>page.
>
>Dan
You are not going to believe this, after 12 years of programming in clipper
and 5 years in foxpro, in have never learned to use the debugger yet. I do not know how to set up a trace. How about a start...?