>>>>Accordingly how would I set this using your syntax to apply only to the LastFile. I know you had cautioned me once before to use Select 0 but that ship has sailed in this case.
>>>
>>>If you have MyVal columns in both NowFile and LastFile, you would need to make sure you reference the one in LastFile by adding its alias:
>>>

>>>REPLACE MyVal WITH IIF( LastFile.MyVal < 7, INT( LastFile.MyVal ), LastFile.MyVal ) IN LastFile
>>>

>>>That should work regardless of which work area is currently selected, and whether it contains an open table or not.
>>
>>Exception:
>>
>>The current work area is on EOF and for all I know on BOF. This will stop REPLACE ... IN xxx from working.
>
>That is not correct. REPLACE ... IN ... was invented to just circumvent the problem.
>You are confusing it with the suituation where you use something like
>
>REPLACE Alias.Field WITH xValue
>
>If Alias is not the currently alias and the current Alias is on EOF(), the replace would not happen.
>
>Walter,

Arrgh, that's possible.
I need to check. (No VFP available right now ...)