Evan:

>>Is the value really assigned when you move to another record or is it simply read from another record? Not that easy to answer, at least for me...

>IMO. I would say that is also a valid reason for assign to fire.

What about this? You issue SET REFRESH TO 3 SECONDS and you have some Value_Assign code to suggest another value to another unbound control (the user can change that value). The buffer is refreshed every 3 seconds and thus, IYO, the VAlue_Assign is fired every 3 seconds. The (unbound control) value changed by the user will revert back to the value suggested by the Value_Assign method every 3 seconds. Not exactly fun...

Daniel