>create cursor globalinx (addfield c(150),unaccentued c(150)) >insert into globalinx values("Tellus donec pulvîar fancibüs à classé pésuéré arcu mattis, aliquét alèquam habitant juséo convallis tùrpus néc,","") >insert into globalinx values("adipiscing enim !","") >insert into globalinx values("énis nostra fuscé. Fringlilia vestibulum sed famès nostré morbi mattis ut, cubliâ classé curae metus conubia","") >insert into globalinx values("cél litoré, primis donéc dictum aliquet pulvîar et orci interdum.","") >SELECT globalinx >SCAN >repl unaccentued with CHRTRAN(addfield, "ÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöùúûüýÿ","AAAAAACEEEEIIIIDNOOOOOUUUUYaaaaaaceeeeiiiidnooooouuuuyy") >endscan >brow >I am getting very confused my dbf file consists of about 1000 records and 20 fields of which 10 could have accents - I dont know what the accents are I just need to remove all accents from all of the 10 fields for all of the 1000 records - I dont understand your code - Is ther any other way you can explain i to me?