>Mike,
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>Variables in VFP are PRIVATE by default unless they are explicitly declared with some other scoping. There is no "strange beast" related to variables that have not been declared, they are private. They act like private, they look like private, they last like private, they ARE private.
They also smell, feel, taste, and sound like private. *G*
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer