>Furthermore, had all this been known ahead of time, I wonder WHY it does not appaer in the Help. I just checked it and there was absolutely no mention of such as you have described (unless it was 'behind' something, which I did not check).
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>It is UNcool, in my humble opinion, for any command/function/etc to deliberately cause any EXCEPTION at any time.
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>The VFP folks here (and elsewhere, presumably) are the most docile that I have come across. If something like this doesn't get them speaking out, then I guess nothing ever will!

Maybe they're affraid as being once more depicted as the "noisy mob, always complaining and not letting M$ shoot the animal", which may make M$ trigger happy in future?