>Fred,
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>I'm using SP3.
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>>Just saw your note on EXCLUSIVE affecting the results. That is correct, with EXCLUSIVE ON, I match your results, with EXCLUSIVE OFF, you get mine. Thanks for the in-depth analysis. BTW, WHICH version of VFP6 are you running?

Are you sure about that?!? The reason I mention it was the version that was included in the output from your memo test program. It said 6.00.8471 while mine says 6.00.8492. Was yours a pre-release of the service pack or something?