>Is what you were trying to tell me that I should have put in a 'GO TOP' to effect the change immediately.

Or at least move the record pointer. Go Top is fine if your users want to return there anyway.

>
>While I have you; a perfectly good wav file does not play in this prg:
> set bell to standby.wav
> ??chr(7)
>Should it?

It SHOULD, and it does for me. Check your path - if VFP can't find the WAV file it just plays the original bell.