Jim thanks for the input.
you always seem to come up with the goods.

John

>>Hi all,
>>Why can't I paste within VFP 5.0a?
>>
>>Thanks
>>John King
>>tolait@saol.com
>
>John,
>
>Ctrl-V paste is a function of the Edit menu. If that menu is not present then that functionality is not available.
>
>Given that the menu is available, there are two other issues, there must be something in the clipboard to be pasted and the focus must be in a place that a paste can occur. The paste functionality is dynamic and truns on an off according to the current context.