Just a quick disclaimer:  I am an extreme newbie at this and am only programming because the programming from Q&A didn't translate.
I am working with two databases, trying to retrieve records from one using xlookup, but I can't seem to get it to work.  I am trying to retrieve records from a database called jtest, and have them listed in one called htest upon entry of an inventory number in the "inv" field in htest.  I have to do it for a few fields, but in the example I've posted, I'm trying to retrieve the contents of the "jewelry" field from jtest and have it appear in htest upon entry of the inventory number in the "inv" field.  Below is the code I tried.  I entered it under the field inv in htest, OnElementEntry.  I hope this makes sense, and if not, I apologize.  Thanks in advance for the help

Xlookup("C:\Program Files\Sesame\Data\jtest.db", "inv", "jtest!inv", "jewelry", jewelry)

Unfortunately, that didn't work.  Thanks for giving it a try.  Is there any more info I could give that would be helpful?

That didn't seem to work either, but thanks for giving it a shot

There is only one form in jtest, and as for security there is just a username and password

My folder is just Sesame, but thanks.  I appreciate any guesses, I'm pretty stumped.

I temporarily disabled security on both forms, but it still didn't work.
I didn't use @Xlookup for two reasons: it gave me an error message when testing the code and xlookup didn't, and the main user of this database (not me) wants it as close to the old Q&A as possible, so I didn't want to add an extra step

A lot of the translation errors were items entered in fields with the wrong formatting (text in a field that only accepts numbers, etc.), and when I opened the forms up for the first time, I got a popup saying that the programming didn't translate and wouldn't work, so that's why I've been trying to reprogram it.  The code was still there from the old Q&A, but for some reason wasn't working.  I've gotten most of the other simpler functions to work again (simple math, @number, date), but accessing other forms has been beyond me.

Thanks again for your help

X-command problems like this are almost always one of two things:
1. One of your names is spelled wrong or you need to include the form name
2. You are not passing the right security info

Unfortunately, it's hard to help you by guessing at how something might be spelled. Your best bet is probably to send the database(s) in to Support at support@lantica.com or get on a remote session with them, so they can see exactly what things are named. Once we're not working blind, we can probably get your XLookup in order in a few minutes.