There are a lot of equation expressions, many for dates. I will have to slow down and really take a hard look at all of these expressions, but there are so many. Man,...more fun than a barrel of monkeys!

>>This happens every now and then, the "Error loading file message". Unfortunately, VFP does not give many clues as to why.
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>>Here's the whole error:
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"Error loading file-record number 4. FA_NEW1 <or one of its members>.
Loading form on the data environment: expression evaluated to an illegal value."

>>I have already opened (hacked) into the form as a DBF file and have looked around. I do not readily see anything that would cause any problems.
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>>I am sure that everyone has run into this. I will also PACK the table and maybe even try to compile it as well, but I think I've already done both actions. What else can be done? Oh, by tthe way, the FA_NEW1 is from a Visual Class library and it is a form that is easily opened in the Visual Class Designer.
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>>What else can be done?

>Look into this record Properties (by opening SCX as a table). Check if you have anything starting with = there or anything else that looks suspicious.