I think that, unlike the suggestions in the other responses, the problem is not that the table is closed, but rather, that it is open (and exclusively so). You can't access the table in the SELECT ..., in the recordsource, if it is previously used exclusively.
Hilmar.
>Hello, believe it or not, I tried that!
>
>>Hi Tim,
>>
>>>This prob still plagues me:
>>>In the form's init I have:
>>>sele 10
>>>use trans excl
>>>zap
>>
>>I think the problem is that you are opening the table in the Form's Init() ... all the objects in the form init first, therefore your listbox is initializing before the table is open. Put the opening of the table in the Form's Load() instead.
>>
>>~~Bonnie
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