>>Scatter is pretty old command and basically shouldn't be used for VFP. There are different approaches for Edit form design. My point is that a user enters data (e.g. into textboxes) and then pressing button he/she fires INSERT-SQL which creates new record. What's happened If your user will change his mind? Probably, he will have to delete this record.
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>Ed...
>There must be a way to create memory vars and not insert a record in the dbf, in case a user changes is mind in the middle of things. What if the user wants to abort the new record before his save it????
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>Rob

When a user enters data there is no new record yet! So, he can stop any time he wants. When he finished the entry and click 'Save' he will really create new record and fill it by one INSERT command. In VFP we don't need in specific variables, any control has some appropriate properties, mostly Value property, to store and check user-entry activity temporarily.

Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant