>>>Confused!
>Fascinating!
>
>> What happens if you put a "LPARA v1" in the first line of the init method?
>
>it cures it!
>
>Now - Why?
>
>and will there be any consequences to leaving it there?
>
>Harry

Whatever line is calling the form is calling it with parameters...

DO FORM MyForm WITH lcVar

Or, if this form lives in a class hierarchy, some form in the chaing is issuing a DODEFAULT(SomeParameter) or FormClass::Init(SomeParameter)