><snip> create cursor (lastname,firstname) in
>> Form.Init
><snip>
>
>Should that not be in the Form.Load, because otherwise there will be no
>way to bind the variables to the objects that are created before the
>Init event?
>
>Marc

Not exactly. I used to have List.RowSource=(None) and reset this property to cursor alias in Form.Init after the cursor has been created in the same snippet.