You wouldn't get the error if you run it under VFP9.

>I downloaded your skinning example.
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>Very nice.
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>When I first ran it, it threw an error in ReadSkinDefinition.
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>I changed
>lnTotalElements = ALINES(aryRegionCoord, FILETOSTR(thisform.skindefinition), 1, ":") - 3
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>to
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>lnTotalElements = ALINES(aryRegionCoord, FILETOSTR(thisform.skindefinition), .T., ":") - 3
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>and it works fine now.