Joyce
1) When a form is loaded (Do Form...) the init of the form always fires. Double check that this is so/not so.
2) The "Select Into ... cursor.." - are you sure the "previously open" table (a) really has been opened and (b) is available to the form.
3) Also, what is the actual error message then?
I am not sure what you mean by "call the application from an executable".
Jos
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends - Martin Luther King, Jr.