I'm sorry, but I cannot duplicate your problem. If I enter the edit window of a living person, the living flag is unchecked just for a second and then changes to being checked. The person stays alive even if I leave without doing anything. I just noticed, I am using 2.29 - maybe it was corrected? Ed Blakeley At 03:49 PM 2/19/98 GMT, you wrote: >I am just wondering what has happened to the living flag. Every time I >enter the Edit window for a person, the living flag is unchecked. If >we just enter the edit window for a living person and leave it without >doing anything, the person comes out dead. It happens to my database >and it happens to the Sample database. > >You can try it out using the Sample database. Ira comes up alive. If >you then enter the edit window and leave at once, he is dead. But I >really hope he is still alive!! A new bug - isn't it? > >Sigurd Eliassen >Norway > > >