>What I don't understand is... if I create the DE in a top-level form...
>I cannot access the data in other forms that are of type "show in top
>level form". I add a field to the form and the control source is blank
>unless I add a DE of it's own.
No, what I meant was more "heretical" (to some, anyway :) - I simply do not use the DE at all for this situation. Just manually open things up as needed in the TL...
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.