>>Erik,
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>>Mr. Pikman can speak for himself - maybe *HE* does not use THEN in VFP, but others can and do! I guess his "we" is the 'royal we'.
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>>Mr. Pikman has also, as near as I can tell, indirectly told you the solution to your problem - you do not have a equal-sign before the MESSAGEBOX, so it probably is not being recognized as a command. This would mean that you (effectively) have NOTHING after the ELSE, so the debugger isn't actually lying to you.
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>Microsoft supports lots of things that they don't advise!
>So, just because VFP supports THEN it doesn't mean you should use it. Here's why:
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>- If you came from VB you have some time to get used to VFP's syntax
>- The natural step above VFP is C wich DON'T support THEN.
>- Once in VFP you'll never want to go back to VB
>- THEN is not standard xBase.
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>I guess I'll join Mr. Pikman's 'royal we'!

Congratulations! I missed to be alone there.