Adrian,

As John has stated, it is not a good idea to mimick 2.6 style code in VFP.

You will get into serious trouble if you try to use memory variables as in 2.6. Right away I can tell you that you will have a problem as the Activate method fires all the time someone ALT Tabs out of VFP, then back. Do you want to reinitialize your memvars like that???

PF

>I'm converting a FoxProDOS 2.6 app to VFP6. I hoping to not rework all the Scatter/Gather code from the original, but I'm having trouble understanding the scope of the Scatter'ed "m.variables".
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>If I Scatter in the Activate method of the form, m.vars that are bound to controls will persist even after the form is unloaded.
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>On the other hand, m.vars that are not bound to a control don't persist outside the Activate method.
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>What are the rules here?
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>TIA, Adrian