>>>>>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 ...)

Don't bother , he's right. ;)