From: jmose@mapson.attglobal.net   
      
   Kenneth,   
      
   But that probably won't solve your problem. ;)   
      
   I'm guessing all of your code is in the Action() method at the form level.   
    The error occurs because it is trying to handle the unlock/post to the table,   
   and you are jumping in trying to change another field before it can complete.   
      
   The easiest way around this is to delay your update, via a postAction, as   
   in:   
      
   // following added:   
      
   if eventInfo.id() = DataArriveRecord then   
   	ViewedOn.value = today()   
   	ViewedOn.postAction(userAction + 123)   
   endIf   
      
      
   And then, in ViewedOn's Action() event, put in this code:   
      
   if eventInfo.id() = userAction + 123 then   
   	ViewedOn.value = today()   
   endif   
      
   HTH,   
   Jim Moseley   
      
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