dear cetin,

many thanks for your kind advice. however, i still need some more help.

when i insert the code line you suggested and execute the pgm, i get an error msg saying "NO PARAMETER STATEMENT FOUND" when the FIND FORM is executed.

To overcome this i put a parameters statement in the INIT event of the FIND form as follows - PARAMETERS oForm

and, in the AfterRowColChange event of the grid on the Find form i have inserted the line oForm.cCodeNo = ThisForm.txtCodeNo.Value where oForm.cCodeNo is the property that i want to reset which is in the calling form and ThisForm.txtCodeNo.Value is the textbox on the Find form.

but, when the grid is displayed, i get the error message - "Object oForm is not found"

how do i overcome this situation ?

with sincere thanks once again.