Just to add a little to Trey's excellent advice: You'll need to either use table buffering on the tables in the grids or use views. Otherwise the data will be saved automatically when the pointer moves to another record.

When there are specific fields that MUST have data I've found it is often easier to use a combination of read-only grid and read/write fields. The user scans through the grid and the data for the active row is shown in the fields for editing. For a new record, these fields can be blank or filled with default values. This way you can be certain that all required fields are entered before the user can move to another row in the grid or another page in the form.

HTH
Barbara

>Thank you for your assistance Trey! I do; however, have to use grids because the end user needs to be able to enter multiple instances of items. for instance: one company with the listing of 3 vice presidents. If you have any easier suggestions, it would be much appreciated!