I found the problem...
In the Activate event of page1 that houses page(a) and page(b),
I had this code...

if mytable.myfld=.t.
thisform.pageframe1.page2.pageframe1.activepage=1
else
thisform.pageframe1.page2.pageframe1.activepage=2
endif

I guess this means that children page tabs fire off their parents
events..
Jim Booth - I think this is one time it will be appropriate to send all members of this
thread this message.
Now I have another problem. I must find a work around to
to replace the code I have to taken out?????

Ok. I'm glad you solved the problem. Exactly what are you
trying to do with the above code.
Please, reply along this new thread. The other thread is
out of control.

Dan