Edward, I knew these things but was rushing and got sloppy here. You are right on about these two things; I selected the work area and in the LOAD event, placed the SET NEAR ON command.

It now works like a brand new Cadillac! :}

>First of all, you should select work area any time you issue SET ORDER or SEEK or EOF, etc. Also, make sure that you have SET NEAR ON.
There are few more concerns about your code, but let start with something