In the form.refresh method. Remember to change the text8 to whatever the name of your textbox is.
>Looks good to me. Last (hopefully) stupid question: where does this chunk of code go?
>
>Thanks again for all your help!
>
>>Yes, I would do it this way:
>>

>>IF !THISFORM.buttonset1.editmode
>>  THISFORM.text8.ENABLED = .T.
>>ELSE
>>  THISFORM.text8.ENABLED = .F.
>>ENDIF
>>

>>buttoneset1 is the usual name for the command group of buttons that control add, save, delete and exit, etc. editmode is a property on that command group, that the parent code looks at to deturmine the setting for the form's objects.
>>HTH