Hi Derek,

I am using a private datasession and I am aware of the datasession scope issues with some SET commands. This is why I put SET TALK OFF in the DE.BeforeOpenTables. I'll give your solution a try for now and keep digging as to the cause. Thanks for the insight.

>Colin
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>I had a similar problem where '.T.' was being echoed to a form. I spent several hours debugging, checking, testing etc., and I could not find a sensible answer. However, you could check that the form doesn't have it's own private datasession, as SET TALK will be directly affected by this.
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>In the end I had to insert 'SET TALK OFF' immediately before the command that created the echo. This was not the perfect solution but it was the only way I could prevent this irritating echo !!!
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>Derek