How to Refer to a Form from a Menu or a Program

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The ACTIVEFORM property specifies the active form in a form set or on the main FoxPro window. It can be used to refer to a form from a menu or a toolbar. However, to access a method of a form, you must identify and go down the container hierarchy. A generic way to access a form would therefore include the highest container, the main FoxPro window. The _SCREEN memory variable is a reference to the main FoxPro window, so the following shows a generic way to call a method of a form from a menu:

   _SCREEN.ActiveForm.callmethod()
				

Use the same method if the form is in a form set.