Hi Robert, You can create a 2 dimensional array property in the form which holds both the work area number and the corresponding record pointer. Then u can create a method which loops thru each work area and update the array property. aUsed() may help u a lot. HTH, Biju > > >What is the best way to save the record pointer position in many work >areas? >Example: >select 1 >cur_rec = recno >select 2 >cur_rec = recno