>Are you declaring an already-used (non-local) variable as LOCAL somewhere in your program?
>
>The following is a "redefine" error:
>
>privatevar=.F.
>local privatevar &&Invalid redefinition
>
>--Brad

The subroutine in which the error occurs has no LOCAL definitions.

Could the error arise if I have a LOCAL variable defined in a higher level routine? I don't think that's the case, but it is possible.

Thanks for your response........Rich