Sarah,

Then I'd look for what code is in the form/class Activate() and maybe Click(). There must be something going on there. You sure it's not a missed Refresh() or LockScreen issue?

>Thanks for your replies. I'm using different data files. The indexes seem ok. Have packed and reindexed, browsed etc. haven't deleted the indexes but I guess that is an option. Thing is it works 100% once the user has clicked on the form that first time, all subsequent new records etc are great.
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>What I've done is installed the program elsewhere on my system and I'm copying the new .exe over to that directory and running it. According the results of a "display status" I'm getting all the right tables being used etc.