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   Karl E. Peterson to Raoul Watson   
   Re: Detecting open forms   
   11 Oct 06 16:58:44   
   
   From: karl@mvps.org   
      
   Raoul Watson wrote:   
   > I have a form which should not be opened concurently with another   
   > form. Is there a way to detect if a form is already open? I cannot   
   > use the statement:   
   >   
   > If Form1.Visible = True then ..   
   >   
   > because this statement actually will LOAD Form1 which is not what I   
   > want to do.   
   >   
   > I can of course use a global variable as a flag to indicate a form is   
   > open and reset the flag on form unload and simply test for this flag,   
   > but any alternative or idea is greatly appreciated.   
      
   How's about looping the Forms collection, and looking for identifiable   
   characteristics?   
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