I don't haven't used _findDialog (I assume that is what you are talking about) much. One thing that may cause the find button to be disabled is if the dialog doesn't see an open table.
Still, I would make the first form non-modal, just for testing purposes, just to see if this problem is related to modality.
>i created all my forms modal because it simplyfied some issues (like menu disableling, etc.) for me.
>the report wizard i wrote is a wrapper araund the Report Form and Label Form to be able to do things i can not produce with the simple Report Form Preview/Print. It simply allows the user to enter certain report parameters/filters, allows to preview with a search option, and allows then to print to any network printer, word, excel, ftp, email, etc.
Steve Gibson