So when the form shows you want the text box to disply the value of the variable?

You could put it in the INIT of the form.

thisform.text1.value = cArtiKey

cArtikey needs to be available at the time.



>I have a procedure named basearti in a program called findart. Here is my program:
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>PROCEDURE basearti()
>	STORE "F*0001" TO cArtikey
>ENDPROC
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>When my form is shown in the text1 field I want to display the contents of the variable cArtikey.
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>Can anybody help me in where I would put my code on the form or text1 control so that it shows the value of the variable cArtikey? Many Thanks