Well, There's ALWAYS 3 ways to do anything with VFP :-)

>Barbara...
>
>Ya know, sometimes I just hate programming!!!! Here you pointed out another, wonderful, command (oldval) that
>I didn't even know existed and I fought a problem programatically awhile ago for a similar need. Geez.
>
>I'll give the OldVal routine a whirl and see if that works. Seems easier.