>>I got "Too few arguements" when I tried it. The first CHRTRAN is only getting two arguements: the original string and the illegal characters from the second CHRTRAN. It doesn't have the replacement characters.
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>Maybe this then;
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>myField =  CHRTRAN(myField,CHRTRAN(MyField, lcLegalChars,"")," ")
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Never mind this thread line, I was misthinking here.