Dear Gordon,

By the way, in my practice, I add a property QUERY in my form.
In the Activate method, I implement the following codes:

thisform.query='' && provide a null string
select TheCustomer && select the table TheCustomer where the data associated
locate for TheCustomerCode==thisform.query
&& move the pointer to end of file, so that no data would be shown
thisform.refresh() && refresh the textboxes and etc

By placing a QueryCommandbutton with Click Mehtod coded:

thisform.query=TheSearchString
select TheCustomer
locate for TheCustomerCode==thisform.query
thisform.refresh()

So that the form would show no data until you preform a search action.



Regards,

Ransome