>>Hi Chris,
>>
>>Since you want to check this stuff first thing ( i.e. in Load or BeforeOpenTables ), looks like you might want to do something like add a property to your base form class, something like "CancelFormLoad". Then in your procedures instead of returning a .T./.F. if your requirement fails, you can set the CancelFormLoad property to .T.. Then in the form Init, check this property like

>>IF THISFORM.CancelFormLoad
>>    RETURN .F.
>>ENDIF

>>Returning .F. from the Init will stop the form from instantiating. You might want to work with this but you get the idea here.
>>
>>Bill
>>
>
>You can return .F. from the Load event to prevent a form from being created.

My understanding was that a return of .F. from the form Init was the proper way to accomplish this.