Hi Barbara, No need to say sorry for me, i know u are busy in your work and reply question. I had coding DOS-FOX over 10 year, but in VFP50 just 3 months. I feel that i am poor in it, i take more 6-7 times of hours to finish a job as in DOS mode. (all the time run around in window, buttom, grid, call a sub-program from screen, back to screen from sub-program, enable this, disable that.......) ( feeling tire ) Can you tell me, i spend more 6-7 time to finish a same job in DOS mode. Do i poor coding in VFP50