A clue to WHY? Sorry I don't know

What to do? If it isn't 100s of forms you can reassign the controlsource for each textbox - tedious but possible.

Are the tables the same? Were they available on the path during the conversion?

How were they assigned in the 2.6 app?

Barbara

>I am working on a "converted" 2.6 app in VPF 6.0.
>
>The Microsoft converter did a lot of interesting things.
>
>One odd thing I cannot get is that in the converted app the
>controlsource property of textboxes is always "".
>
>Anyone have a clew?
>
>Weldon Adair