The sort step in the script Go to Layout ["[search layout]" ([database name])] Enter Find Mode [Pause] Sort Records [Restore; No dialog] appeared to be failing. The error is a missing "Perform Find" step. The correct script is Go to Layout ["[search layout]" ([database name])] Enter Find Mode [Pause] Perform Find [] Sort Records [Restore; No dialog] Thanks to Steve Cassidy, Richard S. Russell, and Tom Tumbleson for setting me aright. Onward, john