I agree that this is a nice use for ASSIGN. I will remember this when I switch to VFP 6.0. I also agree with Eric. When I first read about the ASSIGN method, I thought it might be a pain to debug (when not used for debugging...).

Joe


>>>I know this is propbably not a Kosher way of doing things, but I only use that for development.
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>>Pretty good use for it, I agree- but I usually set a watch on the property.
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>Is it just me or sometimes 'Thisform.Property' works and doesn't work from the watch window? Sometimes I have to add '_screen.activeform.property' to see it.
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>Also using the assign you can add breakpoints an/or wait windows when a property is changed, very nice!