>Have a database container with a dozen or so tables in it. When creating a form, with the data environment showing, if I drag a field from a particular table, it gives me the error, "TableName is not an object" if I choose 'Ignore', it allows me to put the field object on the form and appears to work fine when I run the form, but what is that error mean?

The next time this happens, go to the command window and type:

? aerror(laError) && should see a return value greater than 0
disp memo like laErr*

Then please provide the error number and other info that function returns. You may have a problem with the DBC and the table. You mith try:

close all
open database mydbc exclusive
validate database recover
use my_problem_table exclusive