>Marcia...
>
>I'm still a bit confused about using (this.cfilter).
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>>It's publishe.prefix=(this.cfilter). You need the parentheses so VFP will evaluate the contents of the expession. <
>
>Actually publishe.prefix=thisform.cfilter worked fine, while publishe.prefix=(this.cfilter) and publishe.prefix=this.cfilter didn't.

Hi Rixon.

Well...all's well that ends well and I'm glad you got it working.

Marcia