I think your problem is there. You are closing Trans. What happens if you comment out the lines

use trans excl
zap


>>The lostfocus won't be the problem in this case. Make sure table1 is open before the listbox instantiates.
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>This prob still plagues me:
>In the form's init I have:
>sele 10
>use trans excl
>zap
>In the lostbox rowsource I have:
>select price,quantity,noun,detail from trans INTO CURS PTEMP
>and the rowsource type=3
>and still "Cannot access selected table"
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>>>>>Hello, I keep getting "Cannot access the selected table" when my form starts. I can hit ok to continue normally, but the error seem untracable, of which I am trying to do. Any help, thanks.
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>>>>Do you have a control source that isn't open? How about the record source for a combo or list box?