>>This is an interesting problem. How far have you gone to verify that the record is not moving?
>>Can you verify this in the watch window with a trace on recno()? IOW, have you made certain that a SKIP is being issued and the pointer doesn't move, or could it ba a form refresh problem? Is it consistent with which records it happens on?
>>Are there any record validation rules?
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>I know the form is refreshing, because the counter updates. But the information from the record stays the same. If you change anything, the changes are made to the record shown, not to the one you were supposed to move to, so I'm pretty sure it's not moving to the next record.
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>I can't do anything with debuggin since I can't run the application from within VFP. I think this is because the tables aren't part of the project, but I'm not sure.
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>No record validation. Don't even know how to do that. :)
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>Thanks,

Does the problem happen consistently? IOW, does the button just seem 'sticky' or are there times when the pointer JUST WON'T BUDGE. How about from another 'test' command button, with only SKIP and REFRESH code in it?