Shevy,
You can not pass parameters into a Form/Formset that is marked as the main in a project. This is because behind the scenes in this case VFP is creating an implicit main.prg for you.
You will have to create a main.prg and use it to simply pass the parameters to the form. The form.Init() method will recieve the passed parameters.
lparameters ...
do form ... with ...
>Thanks. but the main program of the exe is a form. so the parameter list is in the formset init - is that the proper place? then why am i getting the error?