> Incidentally, merely putting the cursor into a field does not lock >the record any longer. This was a change introduced in 2004 with >FileMaker Pro 7. Interesting. In testing, I found that if I clicked out of a field being edited and then clicked into another field I got the same error. > You could possibly create a single line ScriptMaker script that runs a Commit records, and then call it first. Or, you could trap for a record lock. Ha! Exactly what I need, thanks. Can't rely on indoctrinating users. -- Bill Steele [log in to unmask]