>In our case (BTW, just plain VFP tables) pressing Search button >invokes a form with several Search Type options, then the correct >search form is displayed. The advantages of this method are that you >can easily add new type of search later.

That's a good point, I had a report form (a form used to print reports), that grew so much in options it wasn't practical anymore.

>Of course, the single search form (may be with two tabless pages) >could be used as well. E.g. first tab will represent options with >types of search and then the second tab would be activated (or >appropriate tab) with the necessary search details... Yes, sounds like >a plan... :)

Sounds good too, the pages would eliminate unnecessary clutter.