Thanks for the info........ummm I have another question then.......right now I have different fields in all 3 layouts.....but when I try to add a new record to one layout...it will add a record to all three layouts......and the same goes when I delete a record....it will remove a record from all three layouts........is there anyway for the layouts to act as their own individual entity....so If i remove a record from layout 1....it will not remove records from layout 2 and 3...........