Mike,

I think I may be closing in on what you're getting at, but I'm not entirely sure. Are you saying that the code in the button does not order the form closed?

How would it work? Does the button click raise flag being polled by the form? Don't like that very much. Does the button click maybe raise an event that the form is listening for? I like that a bit better, but it seems a bit roundabout. Should the 'me' keyword only show up in form methods?

If, ultimately, the code in the button click event is 'me.close()', then I agree with George that the syntax itself - not the object model, just the syntax - feels a bit less than intuitive.

Alan

>>if the purpose of the button is to close the form
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>But the purpose of the button should not be to close the form. The issue is that you are still giving the button more purpose than it should have.
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>If you rephrase your statement to (based on what I said in my previous message):
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>The purpose of the button is to allow the user to indicate that they would like to close the form
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>then you should see the increased clarity in this system.