# Show Form

Opens the specified Form. You're able to specify the starting plane as well to pass and receive values.

Action available for the following operating systems:

![](/files/-MAlQBZuuTnc6hyzKSVQ)

### **Parameters**

* **Form** - Form that you want to open.
* **Starting Plane** - ID of the Plane that you want to display when the Form opens.

**Advanced Options Variables**

* *Variables*
  * Variable - Local Variable of the Form to open that you want to initialize with Type and Value.
  * Type - Type to set the initialized Local Variable and also of the Value.
  * Value - *\<string>* or *\<numeric>* Expression to assign to the Local Variable.
* *Targets*
  * Target - *\<target>* Control or Variable where to save the first returned value by the opened form. A Form returns values through Close Form Action.
  * nth-Target - *\<target>* Control or Variable where to save the nth-returned value by the opened form. A Form returns values through Close Form Action.

{% hint style="info" %}
Kalipso Forms are modal, which means that the user can open as many instances of the same Form as he wants.
{% endhint %}


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