hello Stan,

> Now you appear to say that it can be
> made to go disabled (which would be
> more logical) by setting the update
> bar ReceiveFocus

no, the edit button should be disabled when you are in edit mode "with
or without" using the focusing feature (IMHO :-). If you use the
focusing feature, as Helen correctly said in her message, the button
state should reflect the current dataset state.

Regards
Salvatore