I have tried removing the Lockscreen commands and that didn't work either. The code behind the vcr buttons is:

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thisform.showperms()
thisform.refresh()

the showperms procedure is what checks/unchecks the checkbox buttons on the form according to the information in the table which it is reading from.

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>What happens if you don't have the Lockscreen commands? Try deleting them temporarily to see if that changes anything.
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>Also, what code do your VCR buttons use to refresh the screen. Can you call it explicitly?
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>HTH
>Barbara
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>>that didn't work either.... any other ideas?
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