>Ed, thanks for your reply. I load the dbf using the USE command in the Init method of my 1st form.
>Randy

If 2nd form doesn't handle data opening (i.e. it doesn't have DE) then you probably close table accidentally, somewhere in code. I would check for USED(youralias) in some code points, e.g. when your return back to form1, you may use debugger for the same purpose.