>I am trying to bring an old vfp 6 app, up to date but I get a compile error on this bit of code.
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SCATTER MEMO MEMVAR TO lacurrent

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>lacurrent was not defined previously but it is referred to later on.
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lnfcount = ALEN(lacurrent)

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>I'm thinking I should just remove the "memvar"

You're thinking in the right direction. And Ed beat me while I checked Help just in case <g>