aMyTempArray=thisform.aSearchFields

as I suggested also works, and you save that memory too.

>My Solution: make a copy of the array and pass the copy in by REFERENCE.
>
>=acopy(thisform.aSearchFields, aMyTempArray)
>DO FORM FIND WITH "device", aMyTempArray TO lnid
>
>We're trading some memory for neatness of code, but it works.