I set the AutoOpenTables .T., there is not reason to call them manually - I use DE classes (in code) so the first event on my form is the Load(), I instantiate the DE there Arnon >>Matt >I have .AutoOpenTables = .F. because I put code in the form.Load which >changes the path of each cursor.Database to CURDIR(). Perhaps I could move >this code to BeforeOpenTables and it would work just as well, but I haven't >tried it. > >