Hi Guenter,

You should use properties not variables in such case. You can pass m.cntr1 as a parameter to the form and assign it to the form property in the Init of the form.

>OK, I figgerd it.
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>.ControlSource="srch("+LTRIM(STR(m.cntr1,3))+")"
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>In form.Show cntr1 evaluated as an uninitialized array element, thus Value=.f.
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>So I "evaluate" it in the code. Bingo.
>Thx anyway
>G