Thanks Myron. I agree completely but just felt safer in my belief with confirmation from someone else. The reason I was unsure was because I initially set DE.Cursor1.BufferModeOverride=3 and in the Form.Init I issued =CURSORSETPROP('BUFFERING', 5, ALIAS()). When I suspended, the BufferModeOverride was still 3 but the properties of the view indicated Optimistic Table Buffering and I wanted to ensure the properties of the view overrode the Form.BufferMode setting and the Cursor.BufferModeOverride setting.

Thank again.

>Colin,
>
>I always thought the BufferModeOverride was used to determine at initialization what initial
>BufferMode was used (the form's or the cursor's). Anytime I wanted to change the
>buffering I have used CURSORSETPROP([BUFFERING], 3, ALIAS()). I have never
>verified whether it changes any property in the DE. Likewise, I do not think that if you
>leave BufferModeOverride to 1 (form buffer mode) that it will automatically sync the
>BufferModeOverride property to the form's specified buffering.
>-myron kirby-
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