I am a database developer using MS Access XP, 2000, 97. Forms have been abit of a mystery to me because i didn't not know until recently that they could be exported as text (thx to Ted McNeal in San Diego on that). Troublesome forms can be exported as text & BCompared to reveal what happened after corruptions. 2 lg. chunks of code are bitmaps. BCompare illustrates chgs beautifully. Thx!