Gottcha, makes sence


>On forms that I do, there is no record displayed when they first come into the form. They can select an existing record by performing a lookup, or they can choose to add a new record. When they save the record, I put it back to no record again.
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>>can I ask why (cause I can't think, it's a friday) you think someone would want that?
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>>>Hey, she liked your answer, so that's what matters. :) She must be adding a new record. Another reason to you may want empty textboxes is when you want *no* record to be displayed...
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>>>>Well I am not the smartest man in the world but one big reason to clear all the textboxes it to add a record, the only other reason I can think of is a search screen that might be a little to busy for end-users
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