I have a form/template/category set for tracking "MyThings" and a page called "list of MyThings" ..  the page "list of MyThings" runs an #ASK query with the format=template and the template=Result4MyThing .. the Template:Result4MyThing contains the following formlink:

* {{#formlink:form=MyThings|link text={{{1}}}|link type=button|popup|target={{{1}}}|returnto=list of MyThings|reload|}}

the ASK statement on page "list of MyThings" work fine.
the results as formlink buttons works fine
the buttons produce the popup form to the correct MyThing pages 
I can edit the MyThing pages using the MyThing form

Clicking SAVE does nothing.. the only way to get rid of the popup form is to cancel it.. 
The final effect is not produced.