Of course it will depend on how much freedom the individual user gets. However, setting a bunch of SET commands for each user isn't hard - CONFIRM and some Date functions are the main ones you could let them 'play' with. Colors are pretty easy too - just default to their Windows choices.

However, what I usually do is store the last form/record a user was on - it saves SO much time to come back to unfinished work when you restart the program.

In a lot of UI areas I talk to the prospective users and then make 'suggestions' to the client. Who quite frequently says "Gee, I never knew they felt that way" and tells me to go ahead.

HTH
Barbara

>Barbara:
>What's the downside of writing a user preference where each user "can" decide by app, function, form or whatever how they want it to work. I'm a firm believer in NOT polling users and letting the majority rule. I also prefer that the [TAB] vs. [Enter] advance to next field functionality be user defined.
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>As usual, your IMHO, is right on in my opinion.