>>You could do the following:
>

>USE MYFORM.SCX
>>locate for ["=] $properties
>>do while not eof()
>>   browse
>>   continue
>>enddo

>And this would locate any occurence of "= right? Then what should it be change to Mark. Am I on track or am I missing something here?

Yes. That would be the culprit. If you actually need an = sign at the beginning of a caption, you have to change the property and put a space in front of the = sign"

Caption = " ="