>My friend, Chong HanWah, was suggesting putting 'ParentTable.ParentKey' in the default value of the child table validation rule. He was suggesting that if the child table is always related to the parent table, the child table will always get the correct default parent id whenever a new record is appended. In this way, the AllowAddNew=.T. will work without any coding on the form.
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>Will this work? It doesn't sound safe. But I can't think of any situation where it won't work. What is your opinion?

Tai, It might work, but I haven't tested it. However, I don't like using properties in the DBC for this kind of data handling. The parent key is directly related to the form the user is working on. This should be a form property (this is what I use) or an application property if it might be used on several forms.

Barbara