Hi Michael:

>I'm trying to instantiate a frmModalDataChild form using the parent forms OpenModalForm method.

First, you dont need to call this type of form using the form's OpenModalForm method. The form class you are calling is modal by default. You can call this type of form like so :-

do form CrystalView.scx with loReport

>The init of the child form already has a lparameter statement with oCaller.

This parameter is now obsolete. A reference to the calling form is now established in the child form's load method. So, you can use the oCaller parameter to accept the object reference to your Crystal Report Object. You could also have added a second parameter to the child form's Init but as the default parameter isn't used anymore, you may as well take advantage of it.

In the frmModalDataChild's Init, immediately assign the value of the oCaller parameter to whatever property you have in the form that contains your Crystal Object reference. Say you have in your frmModalDataChild, a property called "oCrystal", do the following :-

frmModalDataChild.Init
lparameter oCaller
thisform.oCrystal = m.oCaller

From there on in, in your modal form, you just reference your Crystal Object using the form's oCrystal property.

If you are still unsure what I mean, get back to me and we will take it a step at a time.

HTH

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