I thank you to trie help me 1- Run the following before issueing a save command IF EVAL(thisform.ActiveControl.ControlSource) <> thisform.ActiveControl.Value REPLACE (thisform.ActiveControl.ControlSource) WITH thisform.ActiveControl.Value ENDIF I´m using the follow code IF EVAL(_screen.ActiveControl.ControlSource) <> _screen.ActiveControl.ControlSource REPLACE (_screen.ActiveControl.ControlSource) WITH _screen.ActiveControl.Value ENDIF and the VFP shows me the message ACTIVECONTROL IS NOT A OBJECT What i´m doing wrong Thanks Anderson Girardi ander@net1.com.br