i open a form in add mode.  on the form i have button for next and previous program using code builder.  i also have a button to save.  it is programed to check the data on the form and if correct save the record and move to the next new record.  on form start up some of the le are filled in from global values.  i enter multiple records at a time and sometimes realize i have made an error during entry so i backup and fix the errors, still in add mode.  The last record gets saved without having been instructed to do so.  can't figure out why.

thanx for the explanation.   unfortunately the prefilled le are needed to fill in the rest of the le

i found a work around.  on closing the form i search for and delete the incomplete records

I do have form which fills certain element on form entry, the way I handle this problem is, I require certain elements to have value before it could be saved. When I hit F9 or previous button, it will not take me there, instead give me flag that the record cannot be saved. I can delete the incomplete record for the time being (this will directly take me to previous saved record) to goto the previous record. This might not be the best way, but it will not save incomplete record and still you browse through your completed records either in add mode or update mode. Am I making sense?