Subject Re: Subforms From Duncan <finance@iacsa.co.za; jdstark@telkomsa.net> <Duncan <finance@iacsa.co.za; jdstark@telkomsa.net>> Date Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:51:56 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Got it working. Now that I know how I will look at the other option you suggest of just using another wfm form. thanks for the help. duncan Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2014 07:54:35 +0200, Ivar B. Jessen <nospam@nospam.com>   > wrote: > > > The *.sfm files should pop up in the navigator under Tab 'Other', when   > > the > > extension is added to the line 'Other files:'. > > Of course!  I must say though that I've never bothered with this.  My   > interest is in the .wfm used to create the .sfm and if I change the .wfm I   > immediately regenerate the .sfm.  As far as I'm concerned the current .sfm   > is always there.   If I do want to see that it's really there I find a   > simple DIR in the command panel less hassle than changing the Navigator   > tab to Other and then back to Forms which is the tab that is normally   > selected.  I NEVER manually change code in a .sfm file but if this ever   > became necessary MODI COMM whatever.sfm in the command panel would do the   > trick. > > I spent a bit of time a few years ago playing with subforms but I don't   > use them nowadays.  Apart from the aggravation of not being able to modify   > them directly in the designer, they are, by definition, non-MDI which in   > most cases is not what I want when I open a secondary form.  I prefer   > using a normal form which can be opened modally if needed. > > Mervyn. >