>Yes FoxPro always evaluates conditions from the left to right. Why do you need a form method to perform SEEK?
>
>>

I guess to have a standard way to send in the other parameters....

LPARAMETERS txItem,tcTable,tcOrder,tlExact
LOCAL lcOldExact,llRetVal

lcOldExact = SET("EXACT")

IF TYPE("tlExact") = "N"
	DO CASE
		CASE tlExact = 0
			SET EXACT OFF
		CASE tlExact = 1
			SET EXACT ON
	ENDCASE
ENDIF

IF !EMPTY(tcOrder)
	IF SEEK(txItem,tcTable,tcOrder)
		llRetVal = .T.
	ELSE
		llRetVal = .F.
	ENDIF
ELSE
	IF SEEK(txItem,tcTable)
		llRetVal = .T.
	ELSE
		llRetVal = .F.
	ENDIF
ENDIF

SET EXACT &lcOldExact

RETURN llRetVal