Hi,

>thisform.release
>_screen.activeform.release
>if _screen.activeform.caption="form1"
>    messagebox ("form1")
>endif
>if _screen.activeform.caption="form2"
>    messagebox ("form2")
>endif
>do form form3

>why am i getting the messagebox form2 instead of do form form3?

Not sure what you expect here. The ThisForm.Release() won't take effect until the method code completes (if it did then your subsequent code would be superfluous anyway). It would be simpler if you had an alternative way of referencing form1 - just:

form1.release
form2.release
do form form3

Regards,
Viv