>You FOR condition is always true. Change OR to AND or better to INLIST().

>Scan For NOT INLIST(Alltrim(crimetype), "B&E Cabin", "B&E Home", "B&E Business", "B&E Garage")
>

>>Why does this code erase all the locations when it should only remove those not in the scan line of code?
>>

>>Scan For Alltrim(crimetype) <> "B&E Cabin" ;
>  OR  Alltrim(crimetype) <> "B&E Home" ;
>  OR Alltrim(crimetype) <> "B&E Business"
>  OR  Alltrim(crimetype) <> "B&E Garage"
>>	ShapeID = localcrime1.shapename
>>	Thisform.RemoveObject(ShapeID)
>>Endscan
>>

That got it Sergey. Thanks. I'm going to use that INLIST command more often.

Grady