>I placed a "lvar=int(val(sys(1)-val(sys(11,apptrack.apprecvd)))" in my init event and I place control source(a text field) = lvar. The field comes up blank?, as does another text field that I had tried to print. TIA.

Robin, you should either use:
This.Controlsource="0+int(val(sys(1)-val(sys(11,apptrack.apprecvd)))"
in Control.Init event, or:
This.Value=int(val(sys(1)-val(sys(11,apptrack.apprecvd)))
in Control.Refresh method