>How can I get the default browse window triggered by an sql statement to take up only part of a form? If I define my own window it won't appear n the form. In the dev environment it appears on the main vfp screen.

Most of us no longer use "browse" in apps, grids are for this purpose. Do the SQL into a cursor, set the grid columncount to -1, and the recordsource to the cursor's alias, that should get you going...or consider a view, also.

The alternative is to look through the BROWSE clauses, try IN WINDOW, etc. Maybe something will still work in vfp...