>Thank you very much. When I placed the textboxes on the form originally a "1" was added to each name ie IntCost1 etc although the field in the table is called IntCost. If I remember correctly I were unable to change the name on the form. In the object list the correct name is "THISFORM.IntCost1" etc.
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>I must use "THIS" in an object that has the focus and "THISFORM" in a method that does not have the focus. Is my assumption correct?
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>Thanks again for your help. It is really appreciated.
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>Petrus.

Hi again

You can shance object names to whatever you want after you drop them on your form, see properties sheet, "Name"

With "THIS" you're calling a method/property of the object you're on at the moment, i.e. if it's a form's method you can use it to call another of that form's methods/events, same goes for objects on the form

With "ThisForm" you call form's method no matter where it is called from.