From: nomail@nospam.com   
      
   > third possible solution.. when you open the form, create a companion text   
   > file.. if the text file exists, don't open the form.. should be way less   
   > code..   
      
   Interesting idea, thank you.   
   This would certainly need something in the close event to whack the file.   
      
   I suppose games could be played with environment strings too.   
      
   The only thing that bothers at me at first   
   with either the file technique ( or environment string) ,   
   is ..........what if form does not clean up after itself for some unusual   
   reason.   
      
   I had the same concerns with solution #2   
   where I modified the form title after opening.   
      
   Issue might be similar to a ".lck" file being left stray.   
   It is not usual that it happens, but if it did,   
   figuring out why the form is not opening,   
   and then finding the file to delete might prove to be difficult.   
      
   Thank you for suggestion.   
      
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