Hi Barry.

>>First, what version of SDT do you have -- the latest is SDT 6.0c.
>
>Version 5.1

You didn't indicate which version of 5.1 (the latest is 5.1j).

>The "Linked to field repository" checkbox is selected when I initially drag my field from the field repository. Immediately after saving, upon modifying the table again, the "Linked to field repository" checkbox is no longer selected and selected it again has not appreciable effect.

This sounds like a bug that we fixed years ago.

Doug