That was quick.

I'm still stumped, but I'll re-iterate the clues: the error indicates that I need to SET DATABASE TO something. However, in the calling form, the DBC() function returns an empty string, so I can't pass the name of the database to the search class. I should also mention that I am using vfp6 and that my forms were converted from vfp3.

My short-term stop-gap measure is to disable the code that gets caption names when the calling form has a private datasession. But I don't want to leave it like that.

>Sorry, Bret.
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>I meant set the form property called that is called DataSession to 1)-Default Data Session. Which apparently you have done.
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>Then, if your private form calls the search form, the search form will use the datasession from the private form by default.
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>If you are not seeing it...then there is something else wrong. (At least as far as I can tell.)
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>>I'm not sure what you mean by "set the default datasession to default". The .DataSession property of my search form class is 1 - default.