You need to use the Forms collection. See http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_display_form_by_name.html


>you are leaving out the textbox control label
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>form1 is the form name
>.text1 is the textbox control label
>.text is the value within the texbox
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>try this
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>text1 = the name of your textbox control
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>Private Sub Button1_Click()
>OpenForm (trim(txtFormName.TEXT1.text))
>End Sub
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>Private Function OpenForm(lcFormName)'its not necessary for the AS OBJECT statement
>lcFormName.SHOW
>End Function