why 'of course' ?
Being modal, you must hide the form before you can use the workbook
You may change values etc programmatically whilst the form is up but you cannot set the focus
Try:
FormName.Hide
this will hide the form but should kepp the current values
Rgds, Geoff
We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are different colours but they all live in the same box.
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