This is interesting. I don't however use flags and icons to show that I have text information of records/events. I use icons to indicate that I have the source image linked in. For me the images are my sources. If the icon is not showing that means that I still need to obtain the image even if I already have the date and place. Trevor Rix ------------------------ Trevor said <snippet> - Assign BMD flags as appropriate. - Set BMD icons associated with those flags to display on diagrams. <snippet> Expressions are far superior than Flags because once setup you never need to do anything else. You do not have to keep remembering to set Flags. See the FHUG Knowledge Base that has worked examples along those lines: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:using_flags_and_icons_and_expressions Happy New Year, Mike Tate