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**Open, VIRTUAL**

**Open **(** **//mainwindow, <;ownerwindow>// ), **VIRTUAL**

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| //mainwindow// | The label of the window that needs to be opened. |
| //ownerwindow// | The label of the owner window, if applicable. This is the label of the APPLICATION or WINDOW structure which "owns" the //mainwindow// being opened//.// |

The **Open **method, when called with the //mainwindow// and optional //ownerwindow// parameters, is used to open a window for processing. A //mainwindow// with an //ownerwindow// always appears on top, and is automatically hidden if the //ownerwindow// is minimized or hidden. If the //ownerwindow// is closed, all owned windows are also automatically closed.

The **Open **method when called without parameters, prepares the window for display. It is designed to execute on window opening events such as EVENT:OpenWindow and EVENT:GainFocus, and can optionally translate a window if necessary.

**Implementation:**

The Open method invokes the Translator if present and calls the Reset method to reset the WINDOW.

The TakeWindowEvent method calls the Open method.

**Example:**

**ThisWindow.TakeWindowEvent  PROCEDURE**

**  CODE**

**  CASE EVENT()**

**    OF EVENT:OpenWindow**

**      IF ~BAND(SELF.Inited,1)**

**        SELF.Open(Window)**

**      END**

**    OF EVENT:GainFocus**

**      IF BAND(SELF.Inited,1)**

**        SELF.Reset**

**      ELSE**

**        SELF.Open**

**      END**

**  END**

**  RETURN Level:Benign**

**ThisWindow.Open  PROCEDURE**

**  CODE**

**    IF ~SELF.Translator&amp;=NULL**

**      SELF.Translator.TranslateWindow**

**    END**

**    SELF.Reset**

**    SELF.Inited = BOR(SELF.Inited,1)**

**!Usage with parameter(s):**

** SELF.Open(Window)**

**See Also:**     [[reset  reset the window for display .htm|Reset]], [[takewindowevent   a virtual to process non field events windowmanager .htm|TakeWindowEvent]] , [[translatewindow  translate text for a window .htm|TranslateWindow]] [[open  open a data structure .htm|OPEN]]