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thanks... very much. It worked just fine with a few minor adjustments. I used Hide on form1 because it was/is the main form and didn't need the Action on form6. It would seem like a simple thing to do but I couldn't find that bit of info any where. Do you know Cathy Henley?

I have two units (1 & 6) with associated Forms 1 is the stratup form. I want a button on that form to close form 1 and open form 6 for further input. I need to call a procedure in from 6 after the button is triggered to use a file write routine in form 6 before (or as) closing form 1 and opening form 6. How do I do this? Sounds simple but I haven't found a tutorial or book that shows the code yet. I know the code goes into the buttonclick procedure and I have found the USES clause for Form 6 but making the transfer from 1 to 6??? not yet.