Hi, Sarah.

Are your datasessions private?

Do you have autoclosetables = .T.?

Should you be wrapping your tableupdate in a transaction and checking what tableupdate returns?

Why do you
> _screen.forms(1).dotask('do form find1 WITH "PROPMGR"')
instead of just thisform.release?
HTH

>I have a series of forms based upon a "switchboard" which is hidden when it isn't active. Generally I close forms using command buttons but I have one instance where I would like to control the form from a combo box.
>
>cboStandard::valid()
>local i
>if this.value = 'No'
> this.parent.txtHidden.value = ''
> this.refresh()
>else
> *// default is to save so we update, bktables holds the table names
> for i = 1 to alen(thisform.bktables,1)
> select (thisform.bktables[i,1])
> =tableupdate(.t.)
> endfor
> _screen.forms(1).dotask('do form find1 WITH "PROPMGR"')
>endif
>
>Then forms(1).dotask looks like:
>
>LPARAMETERS tcToDo
>local m.lncount,i
>THIS.Visible = .F.
>m.lncount = _screen.formcount
>if m.lncount >= 2
> for i = 2 to m.lncount
> _screen.forms(i).release()
> endfor
>endif
>&tcToDo
>
>However the datasession from the original form doesn't get closed so the data I see when I create another datasession the data I see isn't correct. Is this a problem with using a COMBOBOX or something else? I'd be grateful for some pointers.