>Is there a way to keep this command from displaying on the screen when it is run through a command button?
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>SUM (VAL(DE_ITEMS.ITEM_QTY)) TO SUM_QTY FOR ACCOUNT=X
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>it keeps messing up my form by putting the val on top of my forms commands buttons and preventing it from being used more than once.

SET TALK OFF

this command is scoped to the current datasession,