>>in fact it crashes without the .name
>>
>>?m.f1.af1.af1 && crashes
>>?m.f1.af1[1].af1 && works
>>?m.f1.af1.af1[1] && crashes
>>
>>suhashegde
>
>Interesting.
>
>Well, anyway, I don't know why it happens, but I had already noted before that programming errors sometimes make VFP crash, instead of giving the correct error message.
>
>You just have to live with it.

right

i modified it and am living with it now :)