>>Hi, Nigel
>>
>>You definitely do not have a syntax error. I once ran into something like this on a project I did. I called a method that created a cursor. Unfortunately the method was in an object that was in a different data session, and therefore the cursor was created in a different data session.
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>>But since you are getting an empty alias IMMEDIATELY after creating the cursor,that can't be it. Must be something along those lines...
>>
>>Can you post not only the create cursor code, but a good chunk of the code preceding it? Maybe we can spot something. BTW, have you tried running this on a different machine to make sure it is a VFP problem?
>
>This is the offending code:
>

>	lcCursor=SYS(2015)
>	lnSelect=SELECT()
>	
>	Create Cursor (lcCursor) (cTitle c(100), cSubject c(100), cPrintData m)
>
>	lcCaption=toCurrentForm.Caption
>	lcTitle=AllTrim(Left(lcCaption, At(':', lcCaption)-1))+" Notepad"
>	lcSubject=AllTrim(SubStr(lcCaption, RAt(':', lcCaption)+1))
>	Insert Into (lcCursor) Values (lcTitle, lcSubject, toCurrentForm.ActiveControl.Value)
>	Select (lcCursor)
>
>*? For some reason, at this point, the cursor is NOT selected so
>*? the report print statement displays an open dialogue box.
>*? The cursor was being selected in debug mode with set step on!
>

>
>You see why I'm frustrated?


Absolutely. There is nothing wrong with your syntax as posted

The only thing I'm wondering: Is the method from which this is called part of an object in the same form which toCurrentForm points to?

If not, could they be in two different datasession?