>Ed,
>
>>>>>can you start a cursor name w/ a numeric value?
>>>>
>>>>Nope, or form properties/methods and object names, or field names.
>>>
>>>It's a FP limitation. You MUST start from letter. Try this:
>>>
>>
>>or an _
>
>You can use _, but it's mostly for system variables, like _mline or _tally.

>Huh? Where did it ever say that in any of the VFP docs? It may be a naming >standards decision for your development group, but it's always been an >acceptable prefix for fields as long as name collisions don't occur.

That is exactly right. There's nothing in VFP stopping you from doing it, or even suggesting that you shouldn't. But I have heard in the past (mainly from my schooling in C++) that I should only use _ to start a variable name for system variables. However, I haven't heard of anything in ANY language that makes this a manditory restriction

Paul A. Busbey
I.S. Department
Sparagowski & Associates