>>i reproduce your "desirata" in the code below.
>>when browsing the globalinx cursor you can see the first field (addfield) is accentued and the converted field (unaccentued).
>>the conversion is made by a cursor scan
>>in the first field you can put your "Paris la défense" or any accentued string.
>>

>>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
>>

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>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?
>
>Thanks

Colin,

That code is crystal clear. I think you don't want to even make an effort to understand it.