Thanks Bruce, I wan not aware of the Id() function. The ID() function seems to act like the sys(0) function - returns the network machine name. Unfortunately, when run in FoxPro 2.6, both the ID() and sys(0) functions return the machine name in the following form: "9JHP4 # 255". In VFP, both of the functions return the name in this form: "9JHP4 #VALIDNAME". It seems the 16 bit version returns only the machine number.