Gary,

>>Its probably worth pointing out that if you save your modal form as a class (and not an SCX), you could use a native createobject() and call its show method<<

I agree, I was just in the process of doing this when your reply came in. Just forgot to save it as a class sooner, and this is probably the better way to go as I will be doing more of these.

>>As a general rule, you could say that using the statemanager to open a form is really used from a menu or toolbar - a kind of primary form call. However, when you are in a form, then you are probably better using createobject or do form.<<

Got it! That really clears that one up for me.

Thanks for the quick help.

Mel Cummings