>Hi Erik,
>
>>If you bind a control to a variable that does not exist, the control takes the
>>initiative of defining the variable and declaring it public. This is also a
>>rather silly way to do things, because the scope and origin of the variable
>>are not apparent. But, as you see, it works.
>
>Ok fair enough. Don't you think that is WEIRD though???? I'm surprised they allow us to do that. I thought vfp was a little more strict and would require us to declare publics ourselves. Whatever, I'm not complaining or anything. . .
>
>Thanks for the reply. -Rick

I have a feeling they did this to make apps written in 2.6 and earlier more portable to VFP.