>Jamie,
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>Thanks for the suggestion. I am working in the form designer and issuing DO FORM, vs. using a form object. I had thought about using a form object, but don't really want to write all the code to add controls when I already have them on a form in the designer. (ok, call me lazy).
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>I may ultimately go that way, but first I want to model in the designer. Thanks for the help.
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>Joe
You can save your form as a class from the form designer ->
File / Save as class
You won't have the data environment though and will have to open up any tables in the load() event of the form class.
Cheers,
Jamie
Cheers,
Jamie