>>I am trying to return a value from a form.
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>>I set window to modal and used "do form vendors_pop to cNewID"
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>>This returns a value when the form is closed using the small "x" close button on the form but returns a logical .f. when I thisform.Release() from a method in vendors_pop.
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>>I tried :
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do form vendors_pop name VendorPop linked
>>cNewID = VendorPop.cNewID
>>release VendrPop
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>>This one worked when a thisform.Hide() was fired from inside a vendors_pop method but not when the form was closed from the close button.
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>>I need a method that works for either.
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>Don,
>Are you returning the value from 'unload' event ?
>Cetin
Cetin - yes, it is from the Unload event. It transfer the value to a property (cNewID) in my Save method and "return thisform.cNewID" in Unload. When I step through the screen the correct value is in thisform.cNewID in unload but appears as a logical .f. for the return in the calling routine.
Don
Best Regards
Don Simpson