>Here is a Bitmap with what I think is hard cold evidence of this (it shows the Locals window and Trace window; take not of the value of the combo "Locals for"): http://208.230.170.137/mgh/jimb.bmp
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>How would you argue against that?

Mike,

I believe we are saying the same thing. A variable has two properties in this area, visibility and scope. Scope defines the lifetime of the variable and visibility defines what routines can address the variable.

<strong>Var Type         Visibility       Scope</strong>
PUBLIC                Everywhere        Creation to release or quit VFP
PRIVATE               Creator and below Creation to Release or creator ends
LOCAL                 Creator only      Creation to Release or creator ends