>Hi Dan
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>>But I believe he said he's calling this from a menu procedure. If that's true then wouldn't this cause the variable to go out of scope?
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>Yes (rather sheepishly). He could put it in a command and it would work fine though. I think you should do a search to gather up all the suggestions on this one and post a FAQ.

No. I think that you really want to do this. 8^p. I don't have time right now. Maybe tomorrow. Geez, this working seven days a week thing has gotta go.