Irv
Thank you for the ideas. All of the contributions to this thread have been helpful.

Regards,
Carmen
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Another method, in addition to all the great ideas listed, is to create a Global Application object and wrap all forms within it. This object can be a Container, Custom, etc. and when a Form is launched it is assocated with a Property of the Global object and given a name as in:
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>(Main.prg snippet...)
>oGlobal = CreateObject("GlobalApp")
>oGlobal.AddProperty("MainForm","")
>DO FORM TARatesCalc NAME oGlobal.MainForm LINKED
>READ EVENTS
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>Throughout the program this Form will be known by its Property name.
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>-Irv.
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>>Is there a way to access the value of a property on a form when a child form is launched? I thought you could access the value of any property by prefacing that property with the name of the form. When I try that, I receive an alias not found error.
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>>Thanks,
>>Carmen