>use it directly in the property of the cursor in the DE.\
NOT SURE WHAT DE is.

>
>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.

OK, I have done that and it works the way I want it to. but in the middle of a prg I issue that statement "DO FORM GETNAME" and the form appears/flashes and the next statement in the prg executes. The form never gets a chance to allow for name entry. strange.