>>>>How do I easily refresh all the bound text boxes on a form when the record pointer changes?
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>>> thisform.refresh will force.
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>>I've tried that, and it doesn't update the bound text boxes until they receive the focus. The record pointer is moved from a second form which releases and returns control to the first form where I'd like the text boxes to be updated. The thisform.refresh on the first form doesn't do it.
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>Do you issue Thisform.refresh from second form? You better put This.Refresh in Form.Activate event.

Thanks, putting the this.refresh in the form.activate event worked.