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>>See CPCURRENT() in help.
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>Fred
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>Yep, its mentioned their allright but it still doesn't really address what effect the different settings might have or what the possible settings are. If I read Paul's reply correctly, the auto setting converts the stored (in the dbf) codepage to the displayed codepage and vice versa. While chapter 18 in the DG says that VFP does the conversion, it doesn't say anything about their being a CONFIG.FPW setting that will change how it works. I also thought it might be a SET command so I searched their too and came up with nothing.
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>Sorry, I don't mean to sound like I'm venting, I just wanted you to know that I really had searched the documentation.
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>Donny

Personally, I find the on-line help to be both a great asset and a great PITA. Especially when you just KNOW somethings in there, but you CAN'T FIND the #@%!$ thing!