SELECT 0 USE AuditCls APPEND BLANK replace userid WITH gcNovellId, sdate WITH DATETIME(), numRec WITH nTltRecs,ieflag WITH "I" USE **and the TXTLASTIMPORTDATE textbox Init event in myform.scx : LOCAL lcLastImportDate,lctestdate SELECT TOP 1 Sdate,userid ; FROM AuditCls ; GROUP BY 1 ; ORDER BY 1 DESC WHERE IEFLAG = "I" ; INTO CURSOR top1 SELECT top1 lcLastImportDate = sdate lcLastImportDate = TRANSFORM(lcLastImportDate,'@YL') +' by '+userid thisform.TXTLASTIMPORTDATE.Value=lcLastImportDate Thisform.txtLastImportDate.Refresh()Each I append a record to auditcls table, I want my txtlastimportdate to update instantly but ThisForm.txtlastImportDate.refresh() does not work.