>>>>>>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. ;)
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