Re: Help me understand

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Bob,


> in form_queryunload:
> if necessary, test to see if the app can quit and/or prompt the user to
> save
> changes/etc. The UnloadMode paramater will tell you why the form is
> trying
> to unload. Use the Cancel parameter if necessary to stop it.


Is that why the event is named such? We are "qeurying" whether it is proper
to unload at this moment.

This name has been kind of a head scratcher for me since I started
killing/maiming the VB language.

Dale


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