>Sorry Dan, must have hit the enter kit by accident on my last response.
>
>Any way, here is my suggestion:
>
>In your form init method:
>
>SELECT ;
>MAX(id_field) ;
>FROM table ;
>INTO ARRAY aHighestID
>
>IF _TALLY > 0
> THISFORM.object.value = aHighestID[1] + 1
>ELSE && No records on the table
> THISFORM.object.value = 1
>ENDIF
>
>This should do it for you.
>
>Good luck

Thanks for the suggestion. THis looks like the best waay to accomplish it.
However, I am running into a problem when editing a record, it
changes the assigned number with a new number (MAx, etc...)

How can I use this method ONLY when ADDING , not editing a record.

TIA,
Dan