My guess is no benefit, just another way to get the same result, in typical VFP manner.

>Hi Experts,
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>The help for the AutoOpen method is as follows:
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>Executes the CursorFill method with a default of no parameters. When the CursorAdapter object exists in a data environment, the data environment calls AutoOpen automatically from within the DataEnvironment OpenTables method.
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>If the above is so, of what benefit will one get if AutoOpen is used versus just calling CursorFill with no parameters?
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>Thanks in advance.
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>Dennis