No, that certainly wouldn't cause a problem, you're right. I was more focusing on the part of your issue where the _USERNAME &etc variables were the control source. As form properties, this problem makes less sense.


>Thanks for the quick reply. Since the ControlSource is presently ThisForm.Password, I'm not sure how the DataSession being set to Private could cause any problems, however I'll check it.
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>>Did the form's dataSession get set to private, thusly causing a scoping issue?