>>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
>
>Many thanks Juan to you and others who helped me with this...
>although there were many very good syggestions, your example sure helped me to finally resolve this issue!
>
>This is why I think the UT is the greatest thing since sliced bread!!
>
>Thanks to all,
>Dan

Dan, I'm sorry to interrupt here, but this way is highly suspicious in multi-user environment.