>Nancy,
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>Thanks for the quick! response. It sounds like the "init" event is the answer to my problem, but (and I know this sounds crazy!) it seems the "load" event is firing before "init". I don't think it should, but I've put "wait window" statements in both and it certainly looks like the "load" is firing even though the "init" is failing. Am I hallucinating or can you pull my iron out of the fire again <grin>
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>Kevin

Kevin, this is right, Load() always fires before the Init().
To understand better how it works you can check "Event Firing Sequence" in VFP help.

Nick