>I have browse screens with combo boxes
> that on double click automatically pulls
>record into a pageframe form.
>Things work great until the magic 3rd record which
>for some reason is leaving the database or table
>wide open,

What's a magic third record? The third time you click on the same combo? The third combo you click on? The same combo every time, or different?

>These are free tables, they are set EXCLUSIVE ON, and
>I issue CLOSE DATABASE AND CLOSE TABLE COMMANDS to assure
>that they close.

How about USE IN myAlias?