I find it simply brilliant that you can solve this type of problems.

>What is the line right befor 'Create cursor'? Wouldn't be a comment with continuation, by any chance?
>Something like

* Bad, bad comment ;
>Create cursor mainlookup(PSPATH C(50),;
>...
>

>
>>I have a class, in this class is this bit of code
>>
>>

>>Create cursor mainlookup(PSPATH C(50),;
>>			TOTPACKETS C(10),;
>>			TOTRECORDS C(10),;
>>			TOTIMAGES C(10),;
>>			TOTPULLS C(10),;
>>			FAILED C(100))
>>
>>messagebox(alias())
>>

>>
>>when it is called the alias() shown is blank, I appear not to have created a cursor, or if I have it's not available,

select mainlookup

fails.
>>
>>the code in the command window works fine, and it has been working fine with almost this code, something has happened, and I'm now a bit stuck
>>
>>any idea what could be causing this? an environment setting or something?
>>
>>
>>Ken.