Grady;

Good for you! A big thanks to those that helped. It is not easy to express a technical problem and solution in writing. There are so many variables.

Something I like to have by my computer is a can of Raid. It helps keep bugs under control! :)

Tom


>YIPPEEEEE !! I nailed it with a little help from the UT folks.;-) I had the CursorSetProp on the wrong side of the select crime line. GEEEEZZZ! Anyone wanna buy a well used bug?
>On the serious side. Thank you. I think I've upgraded because of you folks.
>
>Grady
>
>>Okay, I have created a teeny weeny details form. It loads fine but when I click on the textbox to enter a date the textbox disables itself. Does that mean it's not looking at blank field? Or more precisely, no field at all?
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>>Grady(can I change my name for this)?
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>>>Hey Grady
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>>>>Yep, you missed cursorsetprops, table buffering, updates and all kinds of neat stuff. My plan is to create a very simple form and expand it until it doesn't work. Then back up one step and run away. ;-O
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>>>Actually that stuff is the modern equivalent of using SCATTER MEMVAR to bring a record into a "buffer" for edit. If the user cancels, the buffer is reverted. If they save, the buffer is GATHERed (tableupdate) into the table.