Martin Budd said: > AS modifies the Gedcom so FH has to reload which will close the diagram etc down. >There is no way around this and as far as I know there won't be unless FH takes on > real time databases but then the compatibility with Gedcom would likely be compromised. I don't think it requires anything quite that radical! I'm probably over simplifying this, but I wonder if before the reload, FH could remember which diagram you were using and which individual you were looking at and then following the reload, redisplay the diagram and refocus on that individual. Diagram are more complex but it would be good if at least the individual you were viewing in the Focus Window was retained following a reload. Let's see what version 5 brings... Nick