Thanks for the replies - I am going to open these forms vbModal until I have
figured out what problems are there with these new instances. YOu know how
it is - just have to get the application up and running asap!

Thanks
Niall

-----Original Message-----
From: Marco Straforini [mailto:marco.straforini@c...]
Sent: 21 November 2002 20:16
To: professional vb
Subject: [pro_vb] RE: New Instance of a Form


I agree with Peter. Stay away from global objects.

If you need multiple instances of the form "Form1", never use the
default Form1 form in your code, but always

dim f as new form1
f.show

If you need to know if the form is already loaded, loop throw the
Forms collection

dim f as form
for each f in forms
  if typeof f is Form1 then
     '' an instance of form1 is alreay open
     exit for
  endif
next


Marco


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