>Jim,
>The name of the memvar is gmnawnumber. I made it a public variable and restored (ADDITIVE) from a .mem file. When the page open I see the correct value but am just not able to make any changes.
>I will appreciate any help.
>Thanks,
>Steve

Steve,

Variables restored from MEM files are always private regardless of what they were when they were stored. There is no way to get a public variable through the restore command. Your variable is probably going out of scope.