Sorry about the late response R:azzak; somehow your post was flagged as spam and placed in the corresponding folder...oh well...my own post that had 3 x's ".frm" I am told was flagged as porno by some providers, go figure.
In any case, as I am still stuck on 7.5 I have not had a chance to use external forms. I am hopeful that in the near future I will be upgrading to a newer version...any price specials at the conference? Looking forward the see you and all my fellow developers in 3 weeks. Javier, Javier Valencia 913-915-3137 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of A. Razzak Memon Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 4:47 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Backup External Form? At 05:03 PM 9/22/2008, Javier Valencia wrote: >If you just want to use code, the commands would be: > >OUTPUT FormName.FRM >UNLOAD DATA FOR SYS_FORMS3 WHERE SYS_FORM_NAME = 'FormName' >OUT SCREEN Javier, That scenario will only work for R:BASE 7.x, Turbo V-8, and R:BASE eXtreme (version 9.0) "internal" (Variable as well as Table/View related) forms. If you have not yet explored the features, flexibility, and portability of External Forms in R:BASE 7.6, Turbo V-8, and R:BASE eXtreme (version 9.0) for Windows, take a look at the two sample applications to demonstrate the use of External Form Files:

