>thanks Cetin - what you have suggested works now. i have three more issues before i can get this running within my program -
>and feel free to throw in the towel if i am too far off the mark:
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>when this form is called from a prorgam i get two errors
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>1) index tag is not found for cursor object 'cursor1' error 2198
>and index tag not found for cursor object 'cursor 1' method chiselform.dataenvironment.opentables line 0
>2) I am asked to point to the database.
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>(if i ignore the error and point to the DB, it works fine.)
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>k
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>cetin wrote:
>-Open your form in design mode
>-In Properties- Events- Methods (aka PEM sheet) be sure you are seeing your form's name (typically Form1 if you haven't changed it)
>-Navigate down and you would see "WindowType"
>-Change the value to 1-Modal and save your form.

-Open form's data environment (in design mode, right click on form and choose DataEnvironment)
-Locate cursor1
-Check its Order property
It should be pointing to a tagname that doesn't exist.

Cetin