>>>This moves the recordpointer.
>>
>>This won't::
>>
>>

>>SET DELE ON
>>SELECT <SomeField> TO SCREEN NOCONSOLE
>>?_TALLY
>>

>
>It will not respect current SET FILTER either

Oh, shoot, you're right -- how did I overlook that...

So, it should probably be something like this:

SET DELE ON
lcFilter = FILTER(<SomeTable>)

SELECT <SomeField> TO SCREEN FROM <SomeTable> NOCONSOLE WHERE &lcFilter
?_TALLY

Admittedly clunky...