> That's fine with me. > > I will do my best to stay out of your threads from now on. > Don't be that way about it. :) This REPLACE phenomena existed even back in FoxBASE+ days. It was annoying from the standpoint that it really didn't reflect the EOF condition in the workarea you were referencing. As you've stated, the "IN" clause was added and that certainly helps to avoid that situation today. No big deal. ==Carl