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Hi,
I want to be able to call the same form from several different reports. How can I set up the returning pages on the form with a variable so, after the form completes its activity, it will return to the calling page?
Thank you
Yannisr

Hi yannisr
I keep track of my page history with a collection plus a few named application items.
On pageload, i push the current page number onto the top of the stack (unless it is already there due to a reload). So any page can return whence it came by branching to the item below the one on top. I have additional logic to recognize when you are traversing "backwards" so that I reduce the depth of the stack each time rather than adding to it indefinitely. For coding convenience, I keep the most recent 3 or 4 pages in named elements as well so that they can be directly addressed. So every page implemnts the Cancel function by redirecting to a page, where the pagenumber is in the application item &<MYAPP>_PAGELAST.
This is handy for many reasons, I find it more practical than breadcrumbs if you have pages that can be invoked from many places in your application. And this saves you from submitting the current page before executing the branch which saves time and is safer (no need to remember not to update the database!).
I normally add links to various master record display pages from within my reports, and the technique described above is perfect for that, because you can link from one page to another and another and then cancel, cancel, cancel your way back. I can post the source code if you think it might be useful.
I am curious to know how you are using your form from within reports. Does it act as some soft of common subroutine to the reports, or is it just a display page for data common to many reports?
Regards
CS

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