James,
The string you seek has to be identical in form to your index. Does your index contain "Alltrim()" for each field?

1. Using Trim() or AllTrim() in an index is NOT a good idea, as an empty string will disappear. You will get strange results.

2. You may need to pad your "Form1.a1social.value" and other values to the exact length of the fields they match.

3. Do you have the same Upper() lower() or Proper() functions in the string you are SEEKing and the index?

All of the above will cause a SEEK to fail.

HTH
Barbara

>seek(alltrim(form1.a1social.value)+alltrim(form1.accession.value)+form1.a4drawdate.value)