Just a guess but, since there is no field with that name, VFP assumes it must be a var, and since that var doesn't exist, VFP complains about a missing var
>That's it! you're pretty sharp today. Thing is, I copied that text from another prg I had working perfectly previously and the 'd' must have gotten added inadvertantly. Also what thru me off was that it said variable when it is a field!
>thanks.
Roi
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In Rome, there was a poem.
About a dog, who found two bone.
He lick the one, he lick the other.
He went pyscho, he drop dead!