Yes, instanciation order is what I meant by create order. As far as the SHOW WINDOW command, your using the file name, you need to use the form.Name property content, whatever that is. You probably don't have a variable reference to the form, and that's why you get the error. See DO FORM form2 LINKED I think it is, but I've never had to use it.
Fred On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:29 AM, Kurt <[email protected]> wrote: > Tracy, > > I just tried your suggestion of: > SHOW WINDOW (Form2.Name) IN (Form1.Name) > > However - I got an error. I'm sure I am NOT trying it properly. This is how > I ran it: > SHOW WINDOW (BROWSE_PO.scx) IN (pur108_test.scx) > > However, for that Form (BROWSE_PO.scx) - if I never ran the DO - how can it > have been loaded into VFP? Previously - from within the Form > (pur108_test.scx) I was calling the 2nd Form this way: > DO FORM BROWSE_PO WITH TRIM(XPONO) TO XPONO > > So - do I need to run that SHOW WINDOW command from WITHIN that 2nd Form? > > Man - I sure hope I am not coming off sounding Totally Clueless! > > Otherwise - its time for me to get back to doing RapidPrototyping and just > finally Quit doing VFP... > > :-) > -K- > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tracy > Pearson > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: The Trouble w/Windows... > > Kurt wrote on 2013-02-19: > > .and I don't mean MS Windows. > > ...I've got a Main screen/Form... > > Kurt, > > Is the first form the active and set as a Top-Level form? > The second forms Top and Left will be relative to the window it exists in. > > Short of that, you can use SHOW WINDOW (Form2.Name) IN (Form1.Name) > > Tracy Pearson > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajcbksr05p7w1-vo7ob-w9o2buhd3f7hpzkt+bnoqjj3bnq...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
