>>I recently came across this very pecular problem. Can any one tell me why it could be occuring ?Create a form and database as follows >1) Database - Table Department, Field Department - C 30 Rule .NOT. EMPTY(department), Index on deparment Primary >2) Form : Private datasession, Optimistic buffering, DE - InitialSelectedAlias - department, Cursor1 - Order department >3)List1 : RowSource - department.department, RowSourceType - field >4) Text1 : ControlSource - department.department >5) Command1 : Caption - \6) Command2 : Caption - \Run the form save a few records and then click the list followed by Append! It is noticed that Text1 or Command2 Disappear ? However if we add the TestBox Control to the form before the List Control everything works fine. I don't really see any logical explanation for this ?Thanks >Sonali >Hi Sonali, >Just change the fieldname to something different from tablename (ie:fDepartment) and try. >Cetin Nope. It dosen't help. Sonali