Jill,
That's correct if the second form is modal. In that case, as Marcia said, using the DEFAULT datasession means the modal child form is actually using the parent form's private datasession. This can be confusing, but is VERY useful once you start using it.

HTH
Barbara

>I'm not real clear on what you are trying to accomplish, but if the second form needs to be on the same record as the first I don't think you need to open another data environment. I never do.