Don,

The \ character is the default textmerge character. Anything you preface with \ is echoed either to the screen or to the textmerge file you have specified. Check out SET TEXTMERGE for more info.

>FoxPros -
>
>I just made the following discovery through fumble-fingered typing:
>
>If you type "\anything" (without the quotes) in the command window, FoxPro
>will echo "anything" to the screen. This was unexpected. Why should this
>be? A forward slash gives the expected "Unrecognized command verb."
>
>Don Smith