Jeffrey,

If there are no records in a table you are automatically at EOF(). However, you can still scatter memvars (for example) and have them populated as though you did a SCATTER MEMVAR BLANK.

If you have records in a table doing a GO TOP or LOCATE (I recommend LOCATE) will not return a .T. as you might expect. Issuing a GO BOTTOM will also not return a .T. either. In each case you need to perform an additional SKIP -1 or SKIP and then test for the condition.

Here's an example:

 SELECT PATIENT_VIEW
 LOCATE
 IF NOT BOF()  && Covers condition where table has no records.
    SKIP -1    && Move record pointer to trigger BOF() possible condition.
    IF BOF()   && Let's us know we were indeed at BOF().
       LOCATE  && Reposition pointer and reset BOF() flag.
    ELSE
       SKIP    && Go back to where we started.
    ENDIF
 ENDIF

>Here what I have:
>
>SELE PATIENT_VIEW
>GO TOP
>
>IF BOF()
> THISFORM.TOPFILE = .T.
> THISFORM.ENDFILE = .F.
>ENDIF
>
>but it's not catching and reading BOF(). the topfile property and endfile property are being set to .F. That's why the buttons are refreshing correctly.