Evelyn,

How do you load the form?

If

lo_form = createobject(“myform”)
lo_form.visible = .t.
Activate window (lo_form.name)

if not,

do form myform name lo_form
Activate window (lo_form.name)

Hope this help

Manoj

>i want to change my form's caption at run time with the logged username so i do thisform.caption=thisform.caption+"-"+nusername
>
>i tried putting this in the form's activate(), but only after i double-clicked on mygrid will the caption change.
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>i have a timer in my form that checks the number of records of my table drs, and performs some procedure.
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>my question is, why does thisform.caption=thisform.caption+"-"+nusername fails? even when i tried putting a button with that code, it does not change my form's caption.
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>any help?
>
>TIA.