>Life has gotten more interesting. For sure the Sum command does not move the record pointer in this table unless there is some kind of built in delayed reaction :(. Anyway, I tested it by removing the sum command and got the same results. Now I find that sometimes the pointer moves and sometimes it does not, but mostly it does. I am using VFP 6.0 without the patch. I have a unique index on the table and thought that might be causing the problem but when I removed it the problem remains. The problem also occurs when I call the form from the command window so it is not caused by other factors in my app. I'll keep trying but all suggestions are welcome.

Have you run the form throught the debugger and step through each line of code. In the Watch window, you can put a line of code like: Recno("TableName") so you can see when the pointer gets moved.