>David,
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>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.
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>If I have no program running and DO FORM from the command prompt the forms work correctly.
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>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.
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>What code setting and/or form setting could cause this behavior?
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>Thanks
>Bruce
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>>Bruce,
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>>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.
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>>>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.

Possibly, your table that you're using for your control source of your fields is at EOF when you run your program.