>>>>If you do
>>>>

>>>>SET CENTURY TO
>>>>?SET("Century"),SET("Century",1),SET("Century",2)
>>>>

>>>>is the output the same?
>>>
>>>Nope, now I'm getting
>>>ON 19 65
>>
>>That's strange. Shure you do not anything else with SET CENTURY on startup? Because 19 50 means the 50 needs to be set somehow.
>>What happend if you create a numb private form and put into init event:
>>

>>?SET("Century"),SET("Century",1),SET("Century",2)
>>SET CENTURY TO
>>?SET("Century"),SET("Century",1),SET("Century",2)
>>

>>and run the form?
>>because that is what should be default.
>
>

ofrm=createobject("daForm")
>ofrm.show()
>
>DEFINE CLASS daForm as Form
>windowtype=1
>
>
>PROCEDURE show()
>dodefault()
>this.Print(textmerge([<<SET("Century")>> <<SET("Century",1)>> <<SET("Century",2)>>])+chr(13))
>SET CENTURY TO
>this.Print(textmerge([<<SET("Century")>> <<SET("Century",1)>> <<SET("Century",2)>>]))
>ENDDEFINE 
>

>shows ON 19 65 both times.

So the question is, why on VFP startup you get 19 50?