>>If a control encounters an error during INIT, is there any way to get the form to discontinue trying to instantiate (is that a word?)?
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>>I know the form doesn't exist at that point, so am I forced to use a public variable and have all controls check that public variable before INITing?
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>The way you stop a form from loading is to return .F. from the init().

Or return .F. from the Load.

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