>I wonder about this. Though I might use it, I would prefer that the CDE knew as little as possible about the form that was using it. To me it seems to violate the encapsulation of the CDE. Maybe the forms cmdatamanager would be a better place to put this since its contained in the form.

Should'nt it be the other way around? That the CDE knows as much about the
form as possible. Is'nt this better for n-tier development?