Cetin,

PMFJI

What happens to your code if there is no form named 'mani'? Why not:

for ix=1 to _screen.forms.count
 if lower(_screen.forms[ix].name) = "mani"
    _screen.forms[ix].REFRESH()
    exit
 endif
endfor

?

Agnes
>>Hi
>>
>>Very simple question - I normally refresh forms with thisform.refresh but the form I need to refresh is not the form that has focus
>>
>>Its name is mani
>>
>>mani.refresh doesn't work - what is the correct syntax?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Colin
>
>Colin,
>Is mani object reference name or just form's name ?
>You need the object reference.
>If mani is a single unique name among all forms on screen then you might find out its obhject reference traversing _screen.forms collection. ie:
>(roughly)
>

>for ix=1 to _screen.forms.count
> if lower(_screen.forms[ix].name) = "mani"
>    oMani = _screen.forms[ix]
>    exit
> endif
>endfor
>*...
>oMani.refresh
>

Cetin