Not weird at all. When you have code in any Event you need to also put "DoDefault()" so the 'basic' event code fires. When you moved all of the code out of the Load event the default code became active again.
Barbara
>Hi Barbara,
>
>I had the "Set Path" and Set this and Set that in the load event, so I could just run the form during design. After I moved the code in the Load event out to a .PRG it worked just fine. Weird I think, but the good thing is, it
>works.
>
>Thanks for your help,
>James