Jim and Everyone,
LINKED does the opposite of what the original poster was after. LINKED causes the form's existance to be linked to the variable's scope. Omitting LINKED will allow the form to survive the variable. The two examples below demonstrate;
A linked form
DO FORM FormA NAME loForm LINKED
RETURN && The form disappears because the local var goes out of scope
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No LINKED
DO FORM FormA NAME loForm
RETURN && The var loForm disappears and cannot be used anymore
&& but the form survives because it is NOT linked to the var
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