>Hi Ivan
>There's a lot more to using the CDE than what you said.
>I backed up my project.
>Then exported Form Data environment.
>Got a dialog box asking for the vcx library and the Class to create.
>When I did that, it created a form with tables shown as green boxes. Then I closed that form because I didn't know what else to do.
>Went and compiled the project and when I tried to open that form got an error It couldn't find the class definition that I just built. (error 1733)
>I've tried using the CDE before and gotten snarled up in my shorts. <g>
>
>2 questions:
>1. How much of a learning curve is there in getting the CDE working?
>2. Are there any instructions other than the CM tutorials to help getting this going?
>
>At this point this system is in production and I don't have the luxury of a lot of time before the client may get impatient.
>All help appreciated.
>Bill

Restore your project and let's try again.

This is from the Tutorial:
"Enter the name of the CDE class you want to create, and the library you want to store it in. By convention, we recommend creating a library named appData.vcx in your application Source folder. When you press OK, the CDE class will be created, and left open in a Class Designer window."

Where did you create your class library?

Also:
"Delete All NDE Cursors
One bit of additional cleanup remains - deleting everything from the original data environemnt of the form. Open the native data environment (NDE), and delete all cursors and relations. The form will now get all its data environment information from the CDE we created."

So, after you export it, follow the instructions above.

I recommend you to open the Help and go to Tutorial Exercises, Tutorial 2 - Using a design-time CDE Class. It is only a 3 step Tutorial, and will put you in the right direction. This way, you will create a data layer outside your user interface form, a very good practice to follow.