Naomi:

Status bar reports correct table/view and actual record pointer position.
Come to think of it, I don't recall seeing a negative number in the status bar. Anyway...
Cursorgetprop("buffering")=5

Here's the code.

local lnrec

store 0 to lnrec
select v_view
if reccount()>0
if !eof() .and. !deleted()
lnrec=recno()
else
go bottom
lnrec=recno()
endif
go top
scan while !eof() .and. !deleted()
replace ...
endscan
locate for recno()=lnrec
if !found()
go top
endif
endif

return

I suspect it's the 'locate for' but 'go' doesn't return the user to the same line/record they were on.

Thanks for your help,
Luke