>I put those steps in the cmdatamanager

Are you not using a CDE?

>Remember my original form calls a child which calls another child. Is that
acceptable?

Sure - as long as there is only one datamanager/CDE involved.

I would suggest doing the same thing as before but in the BeforeNew hook.

-=Gary


>
>
>>SET STEP ON in AfterNew testing for the cWorkArea == "New Job Detail" (replace "New Job Detail" with the correct cursorname in VFP Proper case).
>>
>>See whether you get as far as AfterNew before your error occurs.
>>
>>-=Gary
>>
>>
>>
>>>The message I get is in a dialog box with Cancel and Help buttons.
>>>
>>>When I put Set Step on and Dodefault() in the Click Event it gets to the the dodefault() and the only thing in the call stack is
>>>formfrmareadetailchild001.cmdtoolactionbuttonnew1.click
>>>
>>>Then when I click resume I get this in the call stack
>>>Call Stack Unavailable: Trace between breaks is off.
>>>
>>>It is like set step on changes the flow.
>>>
>>>s there something else I can try? Also, it is ok for a child form to call a child form? It sort of acts like the workarea needs to be selected. This is just a feeling I have. I do know the areadetail table is found in the cde I am using. I did check that.
>>>
>>>TIA.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Terry,
>>>>
>>>>Can you post the whole call stack when the error occurs. This will likely shed more light on the matter than the error message you posted below.
>>>>
>>>>-=Gary
>>>>
>>>>>I have a parent-child-grand child situation. It is a customer-job-jobdetail arrangement. I can select a customer and create a new job and save the information. I select a job and select New Job Detail using a cmdtoolactionbuttonnew with cworkarea set to areadetail(name of table) I get the following error.
>>>>>
>>>>>Program Error
>>>>>Function, Argument Value, Type or Count is invalid.
>>>>>
>>>>>I tried to set step on but I can not find the error. I also am calling the grand child form from a frmdatachildcustom form with the following in the click event of the new button.
>>>>>
>>>>>dodefault()
>>>>>thisform.openchild('frmpaintjobchild.scx')
>>>>>
>>>>>Any ideas??? TIA.