>Have you tried the following before the scatter? :
>
>__pstring = 'Public __pstring'
>for i = 1 to fields('myalias')
> __pString = __pstring + ',' + field(i)
>endfor
>&__Pstring
>
>Glenn

my routine is very similar except that I need the memory variables (m.whatever) explicitly declared and I'm declaring each one within the loop rather than building a string like yours which I can see is a more elegant solution.

FOR M=1 TO FCOUNT()
PUBVAR='M.'+FIELD(M)
PUBLIC &PUBVAR
ENDFOR

one way or another, they are being declared public and then getting lost.

Harry