>>>>No, I have created a test program and am running it from inside there... ie the code you see is all there is.
>>>>Mike
>>>
>>>Make sure there is no Data Environment (private DE is not checked) and also verify what exactly do you have in that field
>>>(double click on the field and see what's there)
>>
>>None of those items are an issue. as you stated the DE is not checked and the field on the label is ticket.
>>
>>I changed the field to be recno() and the error about variable ticket not found goes away, however it only prints 75 labels! now what?
>>TIA,
>>Mike
>
>This sounds like it's using a different table. Add another field with alias() to the label and check
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!! in the dat environment of theform there was a table, how it got there i do not know, but it had 75 records and no fields named ticket!
DUH, DOH, etc.

Thanks again for the clue!
Mike