>>How about surfing the _screen object?
>>lnwindowtype=_screen.WindowType
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>>While discussing _screen let me recommend it's use for other things. I use it to store user information by adding properties when someone logs into one of my applications. It is also a very quick way to get that data as in _screen.user where I have previously created that property and populated it.
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>I'm really looking for the "form" WindowType value that I have not instantiated yet, not the _Screen. I need to know this value before I start the form or the class.

Mike

After creating the form with either CreateObject or NewObject, you can refer to the WindowType as:

lnWindowType = loForm.WindowType

HTHs