>Thanks for your help-- I am still progressing thru this exercise. >I issue appen blank have the user fillin his name and he clicks on 'OK' but >I am confused about using the =CURSORSETPROP("Buffering", 2) >= TABLEUPDATE(.T.) and can't get that to work. I want to force the user to >enter his name before the app proceeds. First of all, I will not suggest to use manual CURSORSETPROP function. Just use it directly in the property of the cursor in the DE. As for forcing the user to enter a value in a field, that you will need to put some code in the Valid() event and return .F. to avoid the user to get out the field.