If form uses DE, than you should put your SET commands in the BeforeOpenTables Event. Otherwise you can put them it in the Load event. In any case the Init is to late.

>Caroline-
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>Within the INIT method of the form I call a common setup that includes the following:
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>SET ESCAPE OFF
>SET SAFETY OFF
>SET TALK OFF
>SET DOHISTORY OFF
>SET EXCLUSIVE OFF
>SET BELL OFF
>SET DEVICE TO SCREEN
>SET DELETED ON
>SET CURSOR ON
>SET EXACT OFF
>SET CONSOLE OFF
>SET CENTURY OFF
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>Would this cause any problems. I do use a private data session for the form.
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>Even with the above settings, I still have a problem.
>Geoff