>>>I was just replying to Mike, not dealing with your complex problem <g> And I haven't tested yet in VFP what Mike wants to test, not that I have done any of my own work today...
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>>Well, you said "tried... ...in a form"... and that's where my reply was heading.
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>>And now it's not complicated anymore :).
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>Good for you! <g>
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>One shot - and two hares <g> (or what is the English idiom?)

We'd say "two flies with one strike"; English proverb is "two birds with one stone", I think.