>OK - we need to talk..
>You are right: my command should... be:goform.helpdesk_maintform1.cmdenterquery.Enabled=.t....
>THIS WORKS AND I AM HAPPY!!! - but I want to understand what I am doing here.
>DO FORM updatcal name goform linked - what does this do? does it put my form
>in memory so I can reference the objects on the form. I always thought DO FORM
>calls a form?

It's roughly the same as CREATEOBJECT() in that it creates a memory variable by which you can manipulate the form and its objects. It still runs the form, but you now have access to it from the outside.

BTW, you might want to re-read Ed's posts. He's right about the correct OOP way of doing this.