Yves,

One way (there may be others) is to define the "variable" as property of the Form (or FormSet). Then it is available throughout.

Cheers,
Jim N.

>Hi to All,
>
>I'm kinda new with VFP5.0 but programmed in FPW2.6 before. How can I use a variable that I declare in and initialize in a form without having to declare as public? Please give me a small crash course here since I'm starting to be puzzled!
>
>Yves