>> After the first run of this program, I found out that the append table command does not like to have a memory variable substituted for an actual file name. I started to figure out an alternative way to append my foxpro table. But I do not know enough about how VFP deals with opening/appending files from a form. At this point I'm not sure if VFP is designed to do this.
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>try macro substitution
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>myvar=alltrim(thisform.control.value)
>APPEND FROM &myvar
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>HTH
>
>Arnon

An alternate syntax is

APPEND FROM (myvar)

One note: If you're appending from a cursor you will need to find out the 'Real' name and location of the cursor, not the alias. Use the "dbf()" function for this.

Barbara Paltiel