>>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.

thanks for the information... I will look at it.. :)