Subject Re: beginappend() Problem Fixed From Lee Grant <camilee@nospam.comcast.net> Date Mon, 3 Jul 2023 02:48:44 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Mervyn, I was able to duplicate this as far back as my oldest version on the laptop, dBASE 9. It does the same thing as you lay out, so apparently, it's been a regular thing, but since I have the habit of putting the things on the form and then filling them out, I get to be the one to find this particular anomaly.  :)  Oh Joy! Lee On 7/2/2023 4:57 AM, Mervyn Bick wrote: <snip> > > It goes a bit deeper than this. :-( > > I placed a database object and a query object on a form and saved the form. > > I checked the sourcecode and, although the two objects hadn't been set, > the assignment to the form's rowset property was there. > > I reopened the form in the designer and set the databasename property of > the database object and made it active.  The form's rowset assignment > was intact. > > I reopened the form in the designer and set the query's sql property. > The form's rowset assignment was unchanged. > > I reopened the form and made the query active.  David Copperfield at > work. :-) POOF!! Assignment GONE even before the form was saved. > > Mervyn. > > > >