Here is a strange problem that I encountered. I wanted to show the constituent form with constituent data. I also wanted to know if the user had saved and closed or just closed the form afterwards. If I had not been interested in knowing this information then I would have simply done the following:

Public Sub testing()
  Dim oRec As CRecord
  Set oRec = New CRecord
  oRec.Init SessionContext
  oRec.LoadByField uf_Record_CONSTITUENT_ID, "3"
  Dim ofrmConstit As New CConstituentForm
  ofrmConstit.Init SessionContext
  Set ofrmConstit.ConstituentObject = oRec

  ofrmConstit.Show vbModal
  ofrmConstit.CloseDown
  Set ofrmConstit = Nothing
  oRec.CloseDown

  Set oRec = Nothing
End Sub

This works as expected without any problems. (However if you write the equivalent code in VB.NET you (me only?) do get some strange fonts)

This does not allow us to determine whether or not the user has cancelled so there is a different method that we can use that is very useful:
 

Public Sub testing()
  Dim oRec As CRecord
  Set oRec = New CRecord
  oRec.Init SessionContext
  oRec.LoadByField uf_Record_CONSTITUENT_ID, "3"
  Dim ofrmConstit As New CConstituentForm
  ofrmConstit.Init SessionContext
  Set ofrmConstit.ConstituentObject = oRec

  If ofrmConstit.ShowFormOKCancel() = False Then
     MsgBox "Cancelled"
  End If
  ofrmConstit.CloseDown

  Set ofrmConstit = Nothing
  oRec.CloseDown

Set oRec = Nothing
End Sub

Now when the window is opened it is missing certain tabs, as shown below.

These tabs have one thing in common. They all represent child top level objects on the constituent record e.g. actions, gifts, events, etc. The code does determine whether or not save and close was pressed but clearly there are some tab issues.

Blackbaud are looking into it… Watch this space for updates