i want to be able to:
declare a tcursor
open a table with the tcursor
switch index on the tcursor
and have that available to all forms without having to
re-open a table, and re-switching index


i have tried using a library to do this and could not get it to work

I don't think this can be done the way you describe. I think you are asking for a global function, not a global variable.

The only alternative I see without additional information is to maybe use a tabbed object instead of three seperate forms.