>Hi Mark,
> I think that solution would work, but it is a lot of work and vulnerable to errors. Since this behavior just started today, I'd like to find out what's causing it so I can get VFP to behave like it used to.
> I forgot to mention: this is VFP6.
> Thanks, Chaim

I have had the same problem in VFP6 as well. I have not checked 7 but I would bet the same problem exists there as well.