>Hi Naomi,
>
>> Which method is preferable?
>
>GETPEM() for a numer of reasons:
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>- It's faster.
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>- It's more secure. With EVALUATE() you have to ensure that user input cannot have any impact on the name
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>- You can use RETURN TO. In VFP 9 if EVALUATE() calls VFP code, that code cannot use RETURN TO to return to a specific method.

Thanks a lot, Christof. I will take it in mind.