hi,
add an array property aTables to your form.?? i have no idea how.

thanks again

>Please read my response few messages back. I said, you need to add an array property aTables to your form.
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>Anyway, you can also do it in the code with
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thisform.AddProperty('aTables[1]')

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>>hi,
>>i try as under i get error message Property "aTables" is not found
>>

>>nTablesCount=adir(thisform.aTables,"*.dbf")
>>thisform.list1.RowSourceType = 5
>>thisform.list1.RowSource = 'thisform.aTables'
>>thisform.list1.Requery()
>>thisform.list1.ListIndex = 1
>>

>>thanks
>>>>hi,