>>I think that issuing a GOTO RECNO() would re-etablish the relationship for you. You might try that instead of moving off and back to the record.
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>I thought that worked for existing records.
>But now he is adding a new record, so record number = -1 (or -n if he has created n unsaved items)
>You can't go to a record with a negative number, so this won't work



SEEK worked okay, and does not break the relation. Thanks!