Do I need to make the form modal? I know there will be extra work if I don't, but I think it would be nice if the user could, say, call up property sheets for 2 items in the same order.

>Bob,
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>I would have the form for the child records share the datasession. You can do this if the child form is modal and you set it to use the default datasession.

>>What is the best way to implement edits/undo's for parent/child records?
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>>We have an edit form that allows editing of a parent record, and shows a list of the child records. Selecting a child record brings up the edit form for the child. We would like the CANCEL button for the parent to not only cancel parent edits but also child edits.
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>>Our thought was to begin a transaction on the main form, and begin a nested transaction for the child form. Cancelling the child would rollback the nested transaction, while cancelling the parent would rollback the parent (and effectively rollback the child changes).
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>>This would seem to work well, except that the parent and child have private data sessions, so they don't share transactions.
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>>Should we have the child use the data session of the parent, or are we going about this wrong?
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>>Bob
>Joshua Weiss
>Boston Microcomputer Consulting