>>Nick, I like that idea alot it is nice and clean, however, the users that
>>this program is aimed at are not typists by any strech of the imagination.
>>I mean that the frequent pauses between key strokes would send the incremental search all over the place probably generating alot of frustration. Unless there is a way to extend the time allowed between key
>>strokes that triggers a new search?
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>I know it might be considered as a waste of message space, but I remember very well one of the article of FoxKnowledge on-line mag describing how to set the time-wait for keystrokes on the incremental search for Fox2.6...

It's _DBLCLICK = time in seconds to delay. Put this in the Init event set to however long you want user to have (like 2 seconds or so).