Hi Kenneth ---- When you open a form with a Public datasession from a Private one, the Public form shares the private DS. Therefore, in your case, consider making Form2 a Public datasession and it should be able to bind to any cusror or table created in Form1.

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>Has anyone experienced this before? I've 2 forms, both Private DS. Form1 creates a temporary cursor by :-
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>SELECT * FROM (cTable) INTO CURSOR cTemp NOFILTER
>DO Form2 WITH DBF('cTemp')
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>Form1 calls Form2 with the ?.TMP name. Form2.Init fails to open the file.
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>However :-
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>SELECT * FROM (cTable) INTO CURSOR cTemp NOFILTER
>USE DBF('cTemp') IN 0 AGAIN SHARED ALIAS abc
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>works within Form1
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>TIA
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>Kenneth