>Ahhhhhhhhhh, so your response is the type I was asking for. What I've learned from you:
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>(1) As I suspected, Columnorder should never be zero (and the comment in the documentation that "ColumnOrder settings do not have to be sequential". isn't very helpful).
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>(2) Sometimes, VFP gets a little funny, and conditions that should not occur actually do. So, defensive code to prepare for what logically should never happen is a great (and familiar) response.
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>(3) I've not very good at asking clear questions in this forum, and will spend more time next time trying to isolate exactly what I'm asking for. Poor old Yuri and I went back and forth for a while, chasing some red herrings.
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>Thanks

LOL :) Well, we have to wait what Yuri has to say on the topic.