All three fields have form_margin of 4, all use the same sellist defined in the DD third one allows lotsa numbers (up to 30 in testing)
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Code:
       Object Shiprefn_Buyer is a cMyDbForm
            Entry_Item Shiprefn.Buyer
            Set Label to "Buyer"
            Set Size to 12 34
            Set Location to 39 40
            Set Form_Margin to 4    //works
        End_Object


        Object oShiprefn_Notify1 is a cMyDbForm
            Entry_Item Shiprefn.Notify1
            Set Size to 12 36
            Set Location to 39 104
            Set Form_Margin to 4            //works
            Set Label to "Notify:"
            Set psToolTip to "Other Staff to Notify on Update"
        End_Object


        Object Shiprefn_Ccclerk is a cMyDbForm
            Entry_Item Shiprefn.Ccclerk
            Set Form_Margin to 4  //allows 
            Set Label to "Costing Clerk"
            Set Size to 12 34
            Set Location to 39 201
            Set psToolTip to "Clearance/Costing forms completed by"
        End_Object
might be connected to this I suppose,

https://support.dataaccess.com/Forum...ht=form_margin

as all three of the above are defined as numeric 5 for future expansion