You just need to specify the name of the form to use....in your case:

DoCmd.GoToRecord acDataForm, Parent.Name, acNext



"John S. Ford, MD" wrote in message
...
Allen,

Thanks for the idea. One question. I'm writing the code for the
navigation
button sitting on my new subform. How do I make the DoCmd object operate
on
the main form as in:

DoCmd.GoToRecord , , acNext

where I'm refering to the parent form that the subform is sitting on?

John