>>>A form I have has 'somefile.dbf' in its data env. but under the properties section there is no mention of a rowsource etc.
>>>I want this form to accomadate files of different names but same structures.
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>>Can you restate the question more specifically?
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>I guess I needed to highlite a textbox for the rowsource to appear in the properties. I had to go thru each textbox and remove the dbf reference manually.


Could you use the DE ALIAS property to name the file myalias? Then in whatever object that uses
this alias, the rowsource would always be "Myalias.field1, field2".

Jerry Tovar