Kathie,

It sounds to me like, at some point, instead of redesigning your existing app, you clicked on Design New Application. Then, you told it to overwrite your existing dsr with the new blank dsr.

You will always get that popup when you select Redesign Application.  If you have actually selected Redesign, then overwriting should do no harm and is, in fact, often exactly what you want to do. Perhaps we should reorganize the command tree so these commands are not together...?

FYI: if this happens again, remember that your db is untouched by this. Close Designer. Go back to Sesame. Click Redesign Current Application. The dsr file you save will have your design back, good as new!

The Sort Spec is one of the specs available in the Spec Window at the lower left corner of your screen.  Instructions begin on page 230 of the User Guide.

The report will use your current retrieved records in their current sort order. Retrieve the records you want, sort them, and run your report.

If you always want the report sorted a certain way, you can attach specs to reports. Look at pages 369-370 of the User Guide.