Subject Re: closing form From Milind Nighojkar <milinigh@yahoo.com> Date Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:18:48 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Hi Akshat, Thanks for the reply. I learned the new way of hadling it. Also a new syntax. I tried but could not succeed. I will once again give it a try and will connect with you on this. Regards Milind Nighojkar Akshat Kapoor Wrote: > Good Evening Milind, > > > Scenerio. form A is opened > > Wanted to close this form > > Iuused a syntax : CLOSE FORMS A > > Get error : No such form A > > > > Any suggestions > > I would suggest you have a look at help of findinstance() > > In the below example e_sales2form is the class name > > ** END HEADER -- do not remove this line > // > // Generated on 29.10.2021 > // > parameter bModal > local f > f = new e_sales2form() > if (bModal) >     f.mdi = false // ensure not MDI >     f.readModal() > else >     f.open() > endif > > class e_sales2form of MUNEEM from "muneem.cfm" > > > > So something of the following sort should work > X =  findinstance('e_sales2form') > if not empty(X) >         x.close() > endif > > If you are executing the code from within the form then simply > form.close() is sufficient. > > I hope this helps. > > Regards > Akshat