you do know that you can create your own dbnavigator fast using an action list right? If not just drop a TActionList on the form open the list editor and on new action tool button open the drop down menu and select "new standard action" walk down the list until you encounter the database group and add all the actions on the list set the dataset of the actions drop a toolbar on the form and add as many buttons as the action link the actions to the buttons and you are ready to go. Of course now you can add the append command you miss from the db navigator, change the button images, add captions and whatever you might need. In your case I would try to create and register a new action for the append just to see how easy it is to do something along those lines.