>is it possible to create a three dimensional array in VFP?

Not directly, but you can do it yourself. Sctrictly speaking BFP only has one dimenssional arrays, with built in support for row, columnn referencing.

If you declare an array as LOCAL ARRAY laMyArray(2,3) what you are really doing is LOCAL ARRAY laMyArray(6). VFP just lets you use two suscripts to reference each element, but nothings stops you from using laMyArray(5) to reference the laMyArray(2,2) element.

So, knowing that VFP AELEMENT function just does: element number = (Row - 1) * Total Columns + Col if you want a 3 dimensional array like

array(3,3,3) just do LOCAL ARRAY laMyArray(3*3*3) and build your own function to refer to each element.

Carlos