>>I like the UNTIL idea. Is there a way to do that in VFP9? Should the Sedna people consider it?
>
>You'd have to simulate it. Something maybe like:
>
>

DO WHILE .T.
>  [do some stuff here]
>  [do some more stuff maybe]
>
>  * last thing before the ENDDO
>  IF (check condition)
>    EXIT
>  ENDIF
>ENDDO

Or the regular way

llCondition=.t.
do while llCondition
   ---stuff---
   llCondition= --- expression ---
enddo