Thanks Jim. I printed your reply and plan to use it.
BTW, Is it improper conduct to reply with a Thanks?


>Alan,
>
>Use all of the agruments for TableUpdate(). They are in order;
>
>nRows = 0 one row, 1 all rows and fail on any problem, 2 all rows and do not fail but record failed records in the array argument
>
>lForce = .T. force the update over any other user's changes, .F. do not force the update
>
>cAlias = The alias name of teh table to be updated (always use this argument as in an event driven interface you have no idea what the currently select work area is).
>
>aAarray = the name of an array to record the failed records for nRows = 2
>
>Also, always check the retunr value from TableUpdate(), never depend on it succeeding because it may not. Your code can be;
>
>

>IF NOT TableUpdate(1,.F.,"Customer")
>   AERRORS(laErrors)
>   * Process laErrors to see what went wrong
>   * and do what you need to to correct the problem
>ENDIF
>