>Can anyone tell me what the scoping of variable in a form is?
>I set a variable in the load event of a form, an I display the value in a text box.
>
>Arg.

I think it is Private/Local to the Load. What you want to do is to declare the variable Public(fast and simple) or define a new propertie (my prefered way, best in a default data session and more OOP like).