Hi Cathy,
PMFJI, You may want to read article#442 "Data Buffering in Visual FoxPro" in the kb. It gives a pretty in-depth look at how it all works.
hth
>Nick,
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>Thanks so much. This certainly sheds some light on some problems I've been fighting. Now that I understand buffering better, I need to go back and recode a few things.
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>Thanks again,
>Cathy
Roi
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