>Do you mean
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>lcesc = SET("ESCAPE")
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This works!

But when I looked earlier in the HELP...

Returns the status of various SET commands.

SET(cSETCommand [, 1 | cExpression | 2 | 3 | 4])
Parameters
cSETCommand 
Specifies a character expression of the SET command for which you want to return information. The current setting of the specified command is returned as a character or numeric string. 
1 | cExpression | 2 | 3 | 4 
Specifies additional information to return about a SET command. The values 1 and cExpression are identical; cExpression can be any expression that evaluates to a character type value. 
Note   Including an argument does not return additional information for all SET commands, only those specifying values of 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the following table.
SET command Value returned 
ALTERNATE ON or OFF 
ALTERNATE, 1 FileName 
BELL, 1 cWAVFileName 
CARRY ON or OFF 
CENTURY ON or OFF 
CENTURY, 1 nCentury 
CENTURY, 2 ROLLOVER nYear 
CENTURY, 3 System Regional Calendar setting 
CLOCK ON or OFF 
CLOCK, 1 nRow and nColumn 
COMPATIBLE ON or OFF 
COMPATIBLE, 1 PROMPT or NOPROMPT 
COVERAGE, 1 FileName 
CURRENCY LEFT or RIGHT 
CURRENCY, 1 cCurrencySymbol 
DATE AMERICAN, ANSI, BRITISH/FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPAN, USA, MDY, DMY, or YMD 
DATE, 1 Date Ordering:0 – MDY1 – DMY2 – YMD 
DELIMITERS ON or OFF 
DELIMITERS, 1 cDelimiters 
EVENTTRACKING ON or OFF 
EVENTTRACKING, 1 FileName 
FIELDS ON or OFF 
FIELDS, 1 FieldName1, FieldName2, ... 
FIELDS, 2 LOCAL or GLOBAL 
HELP ON or OFF 
HELP, 1 cFileName 
HELP, 2 cCollectionURL 
HELP, 3 SYSTEM 
KEY eExpression2, eExpression3 
KEY, 1 eExpression2 
KEY, 2 eExpression3 
MESSAGE nRow 
MESSAGE, 1 cMessageText 
MOUSE ON or OFF 
MOUSE, 1 nSensitivity 
NOTIFY ON or OFF 
NOTIFY, 1 ON or OFF 
PRINTER ON or OFF 
PRINTER, 1 FileName or PortName 
PRINTER, 2 Default Windows printer name 
PRINTER, 3 Default Visual FoxPro printer name(specified in the Visual FoxPro Print or Print Setup dialog boxes) 
REFRESH nSeconds1 
REFRESH, 1 nseconds2 
REPROCESS Current session setting 
REPROCESS, 1 System session setting 
RESOURCE ON or OFF 
RESOURCE, 1 FileName 
TALK ON or OFF 
TALK, 1 WINDOW, NOWINDOW or WindowName 
TEXTMERGE ON or OFF 
TEXTMERGE, 1 cLeftDelimiter and cRightDelimiter 
TEXTMERGE, 2 cFileName  
TEXTMERGE, 3 SHOW/NOSHOW 
TEXTMERGE, 4 Evaluate source of TEXT ... ENDTEXT call and return TEXTMERGE nesting level.  
TOPIC cHelpTopicName | lExpression 
TOPIC, 1 NContextID 

Return Values
Character or Numeric data type. SET( ) returns the value of a SET command.

Remarks
SET( ) recognizes the four-character abbreviation for all Visual FoxPro SET keywords, with the exception of HELPFILTER, which can be abbreviated to five characters. For example, you can use STAT and PRIN for SET STATUS and SET PRINTER, respectively.

The SET( ) function is identical to SYS(2001).

SET("CENTURY", 3) passes a Calendar value of 2 (Gregorian (U.S.)) in a call to the Windows GetCalendarInfo( ) API.

See Also
DISPLAY STATUS | LIST | SET | SYS(2001) – SET ... Command Status

You can see why I asked the question... it's not in here!!!

Thanks again!

Tommy