>Mark,
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>You have no idea how helpful you've been today. Got me out of a stuck spot I've been dealing with. I've noticed at the bottom of my screen that it always says Exclusive...I take it from what you just said that the view is initially opening Exclusive. It's in the DE. So where do I go to set it as Shared?

You are probably using forms with Private DataSessions [DS]. There are many environment parameters that are scoped to each data session. SET EXCLUSIVE, SET TALK, SET DATABASE, etc., are just a few. See the VFP Help on SET DATASESSION for a complete list of all SET parameters that are scoped to each datasession. In all cases, the default value for each parameter is used in each DS.

In the data environment of each form, I usually put the following:

SET TALK OFF
SET DELETED ON
SET EXCLUSIVE OFF
SET MULTILOCKS ON
SET DATABASE TO MYDB

>One last question and I'll buy ya a beer.....on my Combos I have incremental search as .T. , but in some instances I can type something that I know is in the list (should give me the selection upon the first character I type), but nothing happens. (I CAN still use the dropdown, but the convienence....)

Make sure the Style is 2 -- drop down list. The difference is that a List does not allow the user to enter their own value. A style of 0 is a Combo which allows the user to enter a value not in the list.