>Thanks everyone. This instant messaging is great. I have a few more questions.
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>1) The line of code that was causing trouble was in the Load of the Form when I said "thisform.txtname.setfocus. It said txtname was an unknown member.

Move it to Form.Init event. Whe you run Load event, all form objects don't exist yet.

>2) How do I clear the screen a:) when the form first comes up; b) after a record is written. I have a thisform.refresh but that doesn't seem to do anything.

If you use bound controls, then Form.Refresh will pick up values from tables according control(s) controlsources, i.e. you should set table pointer to appropriate record and fire Thisform.refresh

>3) Any suggestions for some reading material to help me get started. I'm a long-time Clipper programmer..
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>Thanks.