I don't understand why you'd get an error under these circumstances, but pcount() is the "preferred" way of checking parameter counts. The following is from the VFP help:

"Note The value returned by PARAMETERS( ) is reset every time a program, procedure, or user-defined function is called or when ON KEY LABEL is executed. Unlike PARAMETERS( ), the PCOUNT( ) function does not get reset, so PCOUNT( ) may be preferable in most programming situations"

HTH,
DaveR


>I pass two parameters to proc1. One has a value and the other is empty. In proc1 there is a "IF PARAMETERS() < 2" which produces an error message. On my machine it counts two parameters and no error message is produced. On another machine using the same executable, the error message is produced.
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>Is there some oddity about PARAMETERS()?
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>Thanks - Brenda