Peter,
I'd use :

with eval(oShowForm)
 .Show
...
endwith

Cetin


>All forms are created through oMainMenuForm and are properties of
>oMainmenuForm like this:
>
>oMainmenuForm.DoForm('cForm')
>
>

>LPARAMETERS cForm
>LOCAL oForm
>oForm ='o' + cForm
>
>WITH THIS
>	oShowForm = '.' + oForm
>	TRY
>		&oShowForm..SHOW()   && Fails the first time
>	CATCH
>		.ADDPROPERTY(oForm,NULL)
>		&oShowForm  = CREATEOBJECT(cForm)
>		&oShowForm..ADDPROPERTY('oTreeMenu',This.oTreeMenu)	&& Add this form's ToolBar
>		&oShowForm..SHOW()
>	ENDTRY
>	.AddToStack(&oShowForm)
>	IF .WINDOWSTATE # 1
>		.WINDOWSTATE = 1
>	ENDIF
>ENDWITH
>

>
>The property oTreeMenu gets added and does contain oTreeMenu as an object
>On right clicking the form this code is executed:
>
>

>WITH THIS
>   IF VARTYPE(.oTreeMenu) = 'O' AND NOT ISNULL(.oTreeMenu)
>	TRY
>	   .oTreeMenu.SHOW()
>	CATCH TO oException
>	ENDTRY
>   ENDIF
>ENDWITH
>

>
>This code does execute, .oTreeMenu is an object and not null, visible = .T., but does not show.