i've been around since dos version used it extensively - got the manual - never seen it before. excellent find though many thank again.
k

>You're welcome. The feature has been around at least since FoxPro DOS (don't have a copy of FoxBASE or dBASE to check if those products had this feature or not).
>
>>Fantastic!! thanks Naoto
>>i don't know where you found that gem.
>>k
>>>>using browse field1,field2,field3,field4
>>>>
>>>>is therea way to allow edit for field1 and field2 and disallow edit for field3 and field4
>>>>
>>>>tnx
>>>>k
>>>
>>>Have you tried something like the following?
>>>
>>>BROWSE FIELDS field1,field2,field3:R,field4:R