set rela to left(lname,1) into lender>>
set rela to left(NVL(lname, "?"),1) into lender>assuming that you dont have lender names beginning with "?"
LPARAMETERS nColIndex if !isnull(lName) set relation to left(lname,1) into lender else set relation to go top in Lender endif dodefault(m.nColIndex) local lnRecno lnRecno=recno('BldMstr') with this .parent.GrdHglt1.Highlight_Row() .statusbartext=space(20)+"Record "+ ; transform(m.lnRecno)+ ; " of "+transform(thisform.NumberOfRecords)+' in '+alias() endwith thisform.navstand.navupdate()Do you think it's not a good solution? I didn't notice any delays on my test case.