# Return field select from child form to parent form stringEdit field.

**URL:** <https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/return-field-select-from-child-form-to-parent-form-stringedit-field/47930>\
**Category:** Developer Forum\
**Created:** [August 31, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/return-field-select-from-child-form-to-parent-form-stringedit-field/47930 "2013-08-31T15:08:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![DiamondDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DiamondDave](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/DiamondDave)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/return-field-select-from-child-form-to-parent-form-stringedit-field/47930/1 "2013-08-31T15:08:49Z")

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I am having a problem returning the field selected value from a child form back to the parent form string field lookup method. The selected value doesn’t return and is not set in the parent form. Could someone help me with code examples on this?

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**Author:** ![MartinDrab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@MartinDrab](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/MartinDrab)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/return-field-select-from-child-form-to-parent-form-stringedit-field/47930/2 "2013-09-02T10:01:39Z")

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There are several ways how to do that - _FormRun.selectMode(), FormRun.selectRecordMode(), FormRun.closeSelect()_ etc. Use cross-references to find examples in the standard AX code. One more example is [Lookup form](http://www.axaptapedia.com/Lookup_Form) at Axaptapedia.

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**Author:** ![DiamondDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DiamondDave](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/DiamondDave)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/return-field-select-from-child-form-to-parent-form-stringedit-field/47930/3 "2013-09-03T17:48:38Z")

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Thanks for your response.