Hi Derek,

I tried your suggestion, but I'm still getting the XXXXXXX's echo on the screen. The following is the code:

This.Parent.Parent.Column4.txtHours.Value=ROUND(This.Value/Billing_Rates_View.Maxofbill_Avg_Rt_Amt,0)
This.Parent.Parent.Column4.txtHours.Refresh   **THIS LINE CAUSES THE ECHO**
This.Value=ROUND(This.Parent.Parent.Column4.txtHours.Value*Billing_Rates_View.Maxofbill_Avg_Rt_Amt,0)
This.Refresh

Thanks for the suggestion. Any other thoughts?

>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.
>
>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 !!!
>
>Derek