>Jim,
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>Adding to yours, my experience (VFP5) was that ItemID stays behind even after a RemoveItem *and* that a subsequent AddListItem puts any item with the same ItemID into the "old" slot regardless, overriding whatever was stated in the parameters.
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>It was then that I learned to use the List property for all list manipulations, because my need for ItemID is nil (at least to date).
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>Cheers,
>
>Jim N
Jim,

You are correct. If you should decide to use AddListItem again, just use the NextItemID property, increment it by 1 and you arte guaranteed a new ItemID. It is irksome that the property named NEXTitemID holds the last item ID that was used.