>I find it odd that my old Search form, called from that same form with private data session, could use AFIELDS() to get all the fields, LOCATE to move the pointer, and GOTO savedrecord if it didn't find a record, all without worrying about SET DATABASE. Furthermore, the calling form could use FOUND() and CONTINUE to search for the next record. It was only when I needed dbGetProp in the search form that I had problems. Oh, well. Thanks, everybody.

This makes sense because all the activities you're talking about operate on the table, not the database file. You can have the table selected without having it's database set to the current one.

Cheers,
Rich.