David,
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>I should have read the whole thread instead of just my messages this morning, after the fact I saw y'all had gotten to the same point.

Well, it was your idea I followed up on...< g >

>About the only command I ever use is ACTIVATE WINDOW to popup the debug windows. I never use release. I'm just happy that release doesn't choke if you do specify the quotes. *s*

Well, I use the thing ACTIVATE/RELEASE stuff so seldom in VFP, I can hardly remember what the correct syntax is. Your's is probably right< s >.