COPY TO doesn't leave the new table open. You need to open it before using RECCOUNT (). If you use _Tally instead of RECCOUNT (), you don't need to open the table.

FOR i = 1 TO 14 && assume 20 values for flag
   lnTotalNeedingCopy = (thisform.text1.Value * i) - lnTotalCopied
   SEEK i
   COPY TO temp1 NEXT (lnTotalNeedingCopy) WHILE no = i
   lnTotalCopied = lnTotalCopied + _Tally
   SELECT aliq1
   APPEND FROM temp1
   SELECT aliq
NEXT

HTH

>i get error message (Alias is not found)

>SET SAFETY off
>
>USE aliq1
>SELECT 0
>USE aliq EXCL
>INDEX ON no TAG no
>lnTotalCopied = 0
>
>FOR i = 1 TO 14 && assume 20 values for flag
>   lnTotalNeedingCopy = (thisform.text1.Value * i) - lnTotalCopied
>   SEEK i
>   COPY TO temp1 NEXT (lnTotalNeedingCopy) WHILE no = i
>   lnTotalCopied = lnTotalCopied + RECCOUNT('temp1')
>   SELECT aliq1
>   APPEND FROM temp1
>   SELECT aliq
>NEXT