Hi all,

I'd like to call a modal form, do some processing (and display results), then have it close itself and return a value. I'm not quite sure how to make a form close itself and successfully return a value.

I tried this:

Init()

thisform.nRetVal = mycode() && my processing
return .f. && to close it

Unload()
return thisform.nRetVal


This fails to return the value for some reason, even though I can step through the Unload() and see the correct value in thisform.nRetVal. It seems to have something to do with the return .f. in the init().

If instead of the code in the Init(), I put a cmdButton on the form and do this

cmdButton.click()
thisform.nRetVal = mycode()
thisform.release()

It works fine. The thisform.nRetVal shows up in the calling form. But I don't want the user to have to do anything, like clicking a button. I just want the form to open, do stuff, close, and return a value (it is actually running some Dynazip functions and displaying Dz status).

TIA,