>It seems that _SCREEN.ActiveForm.ActiveControl.Name,
>_SCREEN.ActiveForm.ActiveControl.Value,
>and
>EVAL(_SCREEN.ActiveForm.ActiveControl.ControlSource)
>are not coming up in the VFP 5.0 Watch Window, even when a control has focus.
>
>Also, from withini the program, ...ActiveControl.Value is returning the value of the bound field rather than the value displayed on the form. I am using optimistic row buffering. When I call up a command window and click on a control on my form, the watch window reports correctly, but the code still reports the original value. Any ideas???

2... does the watch window know that it isn't the active window/control?

also, the code could be looking at the table value instead of the change you've made...