>OK - thanks Edward... I need to do this because I call a prg file >that moves the record pointer in many work areas. >When is the best time to save my record pointers? When I call this prg >file, it changes the record pointer positions. I need to change back to >the original record position. We've had a thread few days ago about datasession being changed to default when an external routine was called... so if you have a private datasession in your form, you maybe don't have to care about it - the external routine will operate in default datasession. Check this, it may be of some use to the others.