Claude,

This does seem strange. Change your code so that it checks the value returned by TABLEUPDATE(). If it returns .F., use AERROR() to find out what error was returned. That might give you a clue to what's going on.

>I have a table in which in which I set the buffermode to 5 (opt table)
>
>On the form I have a command button to delete the current record with some of the following code
>
>delete
>* code to go to next record depending on BOF and EOF
>=tableupdate(.T.,.T.,'tablename')
>* refresh and other code
>
>In order for this to properly work I must execute the code twice( click the delete button twice)
>The only way this will work properly on the first try is to move the tableupdate command right below the delete therefore
>
>delete
>=tableupdate(.T.,.T.,'tablename')
>* code to move record
>* refresh and other code
>
>Why Why Why ????????????????????????????
>
>Also the code will execute correctly the first ti,e if I set buffermode to 3 (opt Row Buf)