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>form init code:
>lparameters lcdrive
>this.indrive=lcdrive
>messagebox (this.indrive)
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>I created form X and put the above in the init of the form and added indrive as a new form property, then issued a do form x with 'Q'.

Yeah it should work. That's why I'm trying to get him to use SET STEP ON. There's a few possibilities why it would not be working.