Nancy,

I did say "sometimes" isn't that wheedle worded enough for ya? *s*

I have had form level property throw errors like this in parameterized views.

>I'd buy that except that thisform.someproperty works okay.
> PROCEDURE command1.Click
> UPDATE TEMP SET C1 = THISFORM.Text1.VALUE WHERE N1 = 2 && This line will cause an error.
> *!* UPDATE TEMP SET C1 = THIS.PARENT.Text1.VALUE WHERE N1 = 2 && This line will cause an error.
> *!* UPDATE TEMP SET C1 = EVALUATE("THIS.PARENT.Text1.VALUE") WHERE N1 = 2 && This line will cause an error.
> *!* UPDATE TEMP SET C1 = THISFORM.cValue WHERE N1 = 2 && This line will not cause an error.
> *!* UPDATE TEMP SET C1 = EVALUATE("THIS.PARENT.Text1.VALUE") WHERE N1 = THISFORM.Text2.VALUE && This line will cause an error.
> *!* UPDATE TEMP SET C1 = THISFORM.cValue WHERE N1 = THISFORM.Text2.VALUE && This line will not cause an error.
> ENDPROC