>Hi all,
>
>In a Finished Goods form, I have a command button set up to allow the user to browse all open orders that we have on file for the part number they're currently viewing. The command button's click event contains the following code:
>
>-----
>returnto=sele()
>seeker=fingoods.part_no
>
>sele ord_line.order_no, ord_head.cust_no, customer.cust_name, ord_head.cust_po, ord_line.quantity, ord_line.ship_date;
> from ord_line, ord_head, customer;
> where ord_line.order_no=ord_head.order_no;
> and ord_head.cust_no=customer.cust_no;
> and ord_line.usmc_part=seeker;
> order by ord_line.order_no;
> into curs temp
>
>sele temp
>brow title "Open Orders for this Part Number"
>use
>
>sele(returnto)

The last line is where you got it wrong. Instead of

select (returnto)

it's doing

select(returnto)

which is actually a function returning the workarea of the alias contained in the returnto variable. Just insert a space to make it a command.