>1.Private Data Session has own data setting including SET EXCLUSIVE ON! You must reset it programmatically for each 'Private Data' form.
>2. You can use cursor as a sourse doing this:
>SELECT * from ... into cursor mycursor && it will create read-only cursor
>thisform.grid.recordsource="mycursor"
>thisform.grid.refresh
>Next timer.timer() you repeat this code again

The problems I was having with this application were caused by an erroneously formatted image that I had put onto the form. The formatting must have gotten screwed up when I modified it in a third party image editor. The removal of this image allowed me to load as many copies of the form as I wished.

From the error messages (GPF's) I was getting I assumed I had coded something wrong or setup the environement wrong. Thanks for trying to help just the same.