>>>>>Yes, after rechecking that, you were right,Can I ask another?
>>>>>This form I created seems to be linked to a single dbf. When I examine the field properties, they indicated a 'somefile.price or somefile.lastname'
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>>>>>I need to use this form with other files that have the SAME exact structure. Will this work?
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>>>>Using the same alias on forms for many same-structured tables works fine in general. It depends on how you open your tables, I guess, though...
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>>>Can I separate the form from the dbf it's connected to?
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>>Yes, but how do you open tables? Did you create with wizard? You will have to make some changes then...BTW,it might be a good idea to re-post this question with correct message title, since we're pretty far off track of the original question :~)
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>Godd Idea but I figured it out the long way, I had to click on each field and remove the dbf 'reference.'field.

That's mainly it, just so you have a good way of opening the tables and assigning the alias...