Thanks Cetin.

That did the trick. Everything is working well now. I don't think I'm going to ever use DO FORM ... TO Variable again now that I know about this better way of obtaining a form's properties as return values!

Regards,

Mike




>Oh I forgot to mention that. Enter this in Form.QueryUnload :
>
>nodefault
>this.hide()
>
>Cetin
>
>>Hi Cetin,
>>
>>I've used you code below and it works well except for the case when I close the modal form using the "X" button in the upper right corner of the window. When I do this, oFrm is somehow set to .null. and I can't get to any of its properties.
>>
>>Any idea why this is so?
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>>
>>>oFrm = createobject('myForm')
>>>oFrm.Show(1) && I might want to use a modeless as modal
>>>ldStart = oFrm.txtStartDate.Value && Code continues here when form.hide()s
>>>oFrm.release()
>>>release oFrm
>>>
>>>do form myForm name oFrm linked && Call a modal form
>>>ldStart = oFrm.txtStartDate.Value && Code continues here when form.hide()s
>>>oFrm.release()
>>>release oFrm
>>>
>>>Cetin