Gotcha!

If it looks like a timer issue and it acts like a timer issue chances are it's the Active X Calendar in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9\Ffc\_datetime.vcx

Now I do hesitate to call it a bug, but in the SelChange method you'll find the following:

*** ActiveX Control Event ***
LPARAMETERS startdate, enddate, cancel

nYear = YEAR(startdate)
nDay = DAY(startdate)
nMonth = MONTH(startdate)

dValue = DATE(m.nYear, m.nMonth, m.nDay)

cColumn = THIS.date_column

IF !EMPTY(m.cColumn)
	REPLACE &cColumn WITH m.dValue
ENDIF

IF TYPE("THISFORM")="O"
	<b>THISFORM.Refresh</b>  && Here is the culprit		
ENDIF

Assuming that this control may refresh the form -regardless of what else is going on- is, or so it seems to me at least, reaching a bit far.

There appears to be some implicit timer inside the control - not so strange since the thing is supposed to keep track of date and time - but it actually fires the REFRESH about once a minut!!

I hope this helps with your issue as well.

Thank's to you all for your help.

Regards

Peter


>We have a similar problem with VFP9 SP1 with a form using local cursors, haven't been able to get back to it yet to see what is causing it.
>
>>9.0 SP2
>>
>>Whatever happens happens before Valid / Lost focus because it seems it does not happen once the control loses focus.
>>
>>
>>>What version of VFP are you using.
>>>
>>>>From the screen during edit.
>>>>
>>>>Write something, put your hands in your lap, wait a few (10 - 15 maybe 20?) seconds.
>>>>
>>>>Text disappears.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Can you clarify what is happening...
>>>>>
>>>>>- Is the data disappearing from the screen during the edit
>>>>>- or disappearing from the table after clicking Save
>>>>>
>>>>>>A user recently complained about data she had entered suddenly disappearing during edit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I initially dismissed this issue as a fluke but was convinced when I saw it happen myself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>SET REFRESH does not seem to apply and there is no code (that I am aware of) that would trigger this behaviour, so I'm puzzled.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>TIA