>>Hi Graig,
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>>In your blog, I read "You can't do control structures such as IF/ELSE, FOR, DO WHILE, etc. in the Command Window. "
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>>I don't know if I get your statement right, but I've been doing that for years in VFP...
>Really !
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>from help
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>The commands IF, ELSE, ENDIF, TEXT, ENDTEXT, EXIT, RETRY, RETURN, SUSPEND, DO WHILE, ENDDO, DO CASE, ENDCASE, SCAN, ENDSCAN, FOR, and ENDFOR are not allowed in the Command window; you must use these statements in a program.
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>like Craig I don't think you can .Can you give an example .
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>Thanks
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>Nick

Nick,
They can be used in command window:)
Instead of [enter] use [Ctrl+Enter] while writing in command window (and even semicolon for continuation). Select block run. It's same as selecting code anywhere and executing.
Cetin