You are a genius sir....you'd think after 15 years, I could've figured this out myself......but thanks a bunch....

>>Can anyone tell me why the command:
>>
>>SEEK lcSrchVal ORDER TAG catindex IN category
>>
>>only works in the following example when the category table is the current alias? All aliases are cursors.
>>
>>
>>

>>
>>SELECT CATEGORY
>>SET ORDER TO catindex
>>
>>SELECT product
>>lcSrchVal = UPPER(product.comm_code)
>>
>>**-- Product current table
>>?SEEK(lcSrchVal,'category','catindex')                 && .t.
>>
>>SEEK lcSrchVal ORDER TAG catindex IN category
>>?found()                                               && .f.
>>
>>**-- Category Current Table
>>SELE category
>>SEEK lcSrchVal ORDER TAG catindex IN category
>>?FOUND()                                               && .t.
>>
>>

>Try including the alias in found(). It returns for current workarea not seek.
>? found("category")
>Cetin