NTDOC - i'm using Ver 4.50. i know there's a new one available, but 4.50 is available on the entire network.

Shawn - i did the @ERROR thing and got this result:

Code:
DAD0
True
2007/01/22
 not allowed when the object is closed.) [-2147352567/80020009]et - Operation is


Right now the entire thing, database and all, sits on a thumb drive that i take with me so i don't have to try to remember where i left off (i do some of this at home where i don't get bothered [as much]), so database locking shouldn't be an issue. By the looks of it i haven't properly opened the database for updating. Would that be a proper interpretation of this error message? If so, where and how should i open the database for writing?
Thanks,
Dave