Your instances needs to be declared more globally:

Dim NewPatientForm1 As frmPatient
Dim NewPatientForm2 As frmPatient

Private Sub cmdAddForm_Click
   NewPatientForm1.Show
   NewPatientForm2.Show
End Sub

Private Sub cmdDisplayValues

   debug.print NewPatientForm1.Text1.Text        'here I want NewPatientForm1
   debug.print NewPatientForm2.Text1.Text        'here I want NewPatientForm2
   Stop

End Sub

>I'm workign with multiple instances of a form for the first time and it's been going well till just now. I need to add nodes to a tree on a multiple instanced form from another modal form. When i try and add the node from the modal form it fires the Form_Load event of the form with the tree control. This was driving me nuts for awhile until i realized that I am not working with just the form itself but an instance of the form (I'm still guessing at this point but oh well). ow do I refernce a particular form if there are multiple instances?
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>e.g. Below, how would I make my debug statements each reference one of the 2 newly created instances if the cmdDisplayValues is located on another form?
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>Private Sub cmdAddForm_Click
>Dim NewPatientForm1 As frmPatient
>Dim NewPatientForm2 As frmPatient
>
>   NewPatientForm1.Show
>   NewPatientForm2.Show
>
>End Sub
>
>Private Sub cmdDisplayValues
>
>   debug.print frmPatient.Text1.Text        'here I want NewPatientForm1
>   debug.print frmPatient.Text1.Text        'here I want NewPatientForm2
>   Stop
>
>End Sub
>