Using FM 4.1 on Win 2000. I have 3 different files: Orders, Blanket orders, and Credit card. I am trying to find a way to have any or all of these files let me know that the order is due today. I thought about using Find, but I believe that would have to be used 3 times once for each file. Is there a way to do one find accross all 3 files or some kind of script use here? I am more of a user than developer, so am lost as to how to accomplish what I need. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

You've just made a good argument for having one order file with different types of orders. You can manage the display so that the user of one type of order never knows the other exists.

To solve the immediate problem, there is no canned step that performs a find across multiple files. You can create a script that moves to each file in turn, finding and displaying the appropriate records. This script could be set as a startup script so that the file always opened to the desired records. You may need to become a little more of a developer or get some consulting help to create the scripts you need. -bd