You're talking about during development? During development, the close button on the form is always disabled. You have to click the close button on the form designer itself.

Alan

>If I open a form (the only form open) and want to immediately close it , the close option is diasbled and the X button doesn't work. To close out I need to save it and then use the escape key. Happens all the time.
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>>Gaylen,
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>>... and you're certain that the form being edited does have the focus when you go to the menu?
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>>I used to get very frustrated over that too, and more so over things not getting focus when I thought they should, but I've learned that that's the way it is.
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>>good luck
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>>>Sergey -
>>>Nope - the close button is disabled and clicking the X doesn't do anything.
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>>>Gaylen
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>>>>Hi Gaylen,
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>>>>Can you close form using X button at that time?
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>>>>>I have a form open during development. A number of times I cannot close the form using the file close option as the close option is disabled. I have to click save and then use ESC to close the form.
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>>>>>Anyone know why? If it an operator error be kind to me, as it's been a long day of coding.
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