Cathi,
Thanks for your reply and it sounds like just what I wanted to hear !!

Regards,

Gerard



>When you call the form, use the NOSHOW option in the DO FORM command. The NOSHOW sets the form's visible=.f.
>
>DO FORM MyForm NAME oMyForm NOSHOW
>oMyForm.MyButton.Click()
>oMyForm.Release()
>
>In the form that you do not want to display, just set it's Visible property to .f. (false). You still have control of the form but the user just doesn't see it.
>
>>Hi.
>>I have a form which allows Invoices for customers to be printed.
>>There is a button on this, which selects all Invoices waiting to be printed, does some formatting,copies data to a temporary file, and then prints the Invoice. (I run this from a menu by : Do form InvForm)
>>
>>I now want to put a button on my Customer Transaction Screen, which, if selected, prints just the one Invoice.
>>
>>In that all the work has already been done in my InvForm, I wonder is the following feasible:
>>
>>From my Customer screen have a button that says Print Highlighted Invoice and does following:
>>
>>1. Loads up InvForm (But makes it invisible)
>>2. Sets a few properties of the form to say I am printing ONE Inv only
>>3. Runs the code on the Selct and Print Buttons of the form
>>4. .... the Printer dialogue should come up
>>5. Unloads the InvForm
>>
>>I am trying to use my exisitng InvForm and methods but do it in the background.
>>
>>Is this feasible and I'd appreciate any pointers ?
>>
>>regards,
>>
>>Gerard
>>
>>1.