David,

Can't describe a problem until you understand what the problem is.
Broke down, bought the dummies book, followed the cookbook instructions on forms, tested them, thought about it, and I think I now understand the problem.

If I have no program running and DO FORM from the command prompt the forms work correctly.

When I call it from a program or from the command window from a supended program the form appears to be read only and no buttons work and you cannot edit any of the input fields.

What code setting and/or form setting could cause this behavior?

Thanks
Bruce


>Bruce,
>
>You still aren't very clearly describing the problem. I have no idea why using the expression builder changed things. All I can suggest is for you to compare the properties of the controls that work and those that don't to isolate the difference.
>
>>Like the fields were read only. But it seemed that once I opened one field and accessed the expression builder ( accessed with [f*] ) it seemed to open the whole form and I could enter values into all fields.