>Hilmar:
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>that 2nd solution you posted to me is great but I've still got a minor problem. I'll try and briefly explain the form:
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>-main list box on left controls record nav
>-bunch of fields
>-3 listboxes on right connected to unindexed tables (no unique fields)
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>On the click of the left listbox I have all the fields updating. After this I run a select sql and return the results into a cursor which I then scan through adding the results to the listboxes on the right. So after each click I have to create and destroy a few cursors. Now when I run the form on the second click of the left listbox (after one cursor has been created and destroyed using your code) I get an error asking me to identify the appropriate dbf file to open... however if I select IGNORE it goes ahead and works fine... so how can I get around that pesky error?
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>Thanks!!

I think that somehow you have to use the debugger to find out exactly what command is running when you get that message, and then find out what the desired table is, and why it isn't open.

Hilmar.