>I know_ I need to set the talk off.. my problem is that i DO
>set it off in the form's ini,load and activate events and it
>doesnt work.

You only have to set it in the Load() event of your baseform. But, if you put code in your Load() event of the form that need to be executed before the DODEFAULT(), you might want to do something like.

SET TALK OFF
...
DODEFAULT()