>>>as is the case with the non mdot users.
>
>Remember this?
>
>

>myvar="hello"
>? m->myvar
>

>
>mdashgreaterthan predates mdot, pre-FP2.0 ... but there it still is. ;-) Along with some other unexpected internal commands that never were published and cannot be used in code, but are utilized in loops. When I first used FP I was amazed that you're allowed to return out of the middle of a loop or any other construct, without reaching its end as was/is required in most BASIC, PASCAL and other structured languages before then. Testament to hidden internal magic. ;-)
>
>For a barrel of laughs, try this:

>CREATE CURSOR m (myfield c(50))

>
>What's your cursor called?

The alias will be derived by first free work area.

MartinaJ