>>>I've just started to explore the dataenvironment and cursoradapter as subclasses. I am wondering if there is a way that is generally accepted as better than others for using these classes. It appears that I can either drop a DE class on a form, instantiate it in code in the form init, or use the DEclass property. Of those three methods which way is considered best? (or if there is something I don't know about please enlighten me!)
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>>Um... not the form's init, but form's load. You want the tables open before the controls instantiate, and form's init happens later.
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>Of course... I'd have caught that.
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>> You can use the new .bindcontrols property and bind them after DE object is created.
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>My real question is though... which method is generally accepted as the best way to instantiate a DE class? Drop the DE on the form? Call it up from code? Use the DEClass property?

No preference there from me - my forms don't have a DE.
I figure that'd be a matter of your style, whatever you feel is the easiest to maintain. And I doubt there's any significant speed difference between the three.