hi,
thank you,
i useto my free table as under,
and still i don't know how i can do
(you can use its fields as the ColtrolSources for the grid's columns and then edit the Columns ControlSources to say csrMstr.SomeField instead of Mstr.SomeField.)
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SET EXCLUSIVE off
use mstr in 0 &&&&&
SET EXCLUSIVE off
use trans1 in 0
SET EXCLUSIVE off
use book1 in 0
SET EXCLUSIVE off

use book2 in 0
recall all
*zap

SET EXCLUSIVE off
use temp in 0
delete all

SET EXCLUSIVE off
use customer in 0
recall all

SET EXCLUSIVE off
use arver in 0
recall all

thanks.
best regards.
m.qasem