Thanks for the reply.

Can you give me an example of how to "use name clause" ?

Yes, I am aware of putting two grids on a form, but that would not work in this case. I need the Browse windows to possibly expand to cover the entire desktop.

Cyrus

>One possibility is to use name clause of the browse command to simulate grid. Or simply use a form with two grids.
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>>I need to open 2 simultaneous Browse windows, allowing the user to go back and forth between the windows to reconcile records of one window against the other. However, when I use
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>>DEFINE WINDOW browse1  IN DESKTOP  FROM 5,5   TO 30, 180 FONT 'Arial', 8  STYLE 'N'
>>DEFINE WINDOW browse2  IN DESKTOP  FROM 5,5   TO 30, 180 FONT 'Arial', 8  STYLE 'N'
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>>SELECT (cFile1)  && the Bank Statement file (External data).
>>GO TOP
>>BROWSE window browse1 NOAPPEND NODELETE NOWAIT
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>>SELECT (cFile2)  && Database file (Internal data).
>>GO TOP
>>BROWSE window browse2 NOAPPEND NODELETE NOWAIT
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>>* Program execution should no go beyond this point, until the user closes BOTH browse windows.
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>>RELEASE WINDOW browse1
>>RELEASE WINDOW browse2
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>>The program does not stop to allow the user to switch between the windows. It just leaves the window open and proceed to the following statements.
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>>If I remove the NOWAIT from second BROWSE statment, then as soon as I switch to the first browse window, the second one closes and the program execution continues.
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>>Thank you in advance.