Hi Ilya

> Another workaround would be saving the references on those instances in some temp cursor, but then again: the scope of the variable form-name is critical. This is where use of PUBLICs is justified.

A better solution may be to have a form manager object which contains references to all forms. No publics required. I tend to think people are just not trying hard enough to avoid PUBLIC vars. :)

Mike Yearwood
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President: Toronto Ontario FoxPro User's Group