>>Yes, I have thisform.refresh() in the add method. As i indicated above the add button works fine except when I have just
>>opened the form and have not yet used prev or next button. I tried copying the code from the prev button into the top of
>>the add button to no avail.
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>When is the adding code executed? Is it in the Load(), Init(), etc?

this code is executed at the end of the click property of the add button.