>>Thanks so much Sergey. So many apparently simple things go hidden in obscure settings. :)
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>Yea, the Sparse property is one of most missed and misunderstood properties in VFP. :)

I don't miss it :). And I can't misunderstand it either, because I never understood it - rightly or wrongly. What is sparse?

Never mind, too late - the only thing I remember about it is that if I got it wrong, I need negate the value - it's the other one. I'm not even trying to remember which value does what, let alone understand what was the idea behind the property's name. It's been fourteen years ago, I bet not even the author can remember the reasoning :).