>>if empty(tagno(cTagname))
>>=messagebox("Invalid Tag!")
>>endif
>
>Ed, for a one-time solution to a problem tagno() will work, but I would hesitate to add a function to my application when the HELP says it is included 'For compatibility with dBase'
>
>Barbara

It said so in FP2.0, FPD/FPW2.5, FPD/FPW2.6, FPU2.6, VFP3, VFP5 and VFP6 for TagNo(), TagCount(), PCount() and some other functions. I think they'll survive another seven years. The 'For compatibility with dBase' phrase is just an excuse for writing fewest possible words in Help.