>>>>Hi Mark
>>>>that did not seem to work... I coded...
>>>>use myform.scx excl
>>>>browse for 'GRID' $upper(per_diem)
>>>>any ideas?
>>>
>>>The field name you want to browse goes in the parentheses. The value you are looking for goes between the quotes.
>>
>>I tried that. I am coming up with a empty scx file.
>>Can you give me an example that will work for
>>testing?
>
>
>browse for "HEIGHT" $upper(properties)

Thanks Mark and the thread members - I got the idea now.
I have been slowing down lately.
I use:
browse for "GRID" $upper(properties)
thanks again..rob