>EXTERNAL ARRAY in rpt1.prg doesn't do any good because the EXTERNAL ARRAY command should be placed in the subroutine called by the program that defines the array. Since that 'subroutine' is your report in this case, it doesn't seem to help. Could you declare the array PUBLIC in rpt1.prg and then release it (assuming you have no other naming conflicts) ?

That worked! I now do the following:

PUBLIC lacount[1]
SELECT * FROM ........
REPORT FORM .......
RELEASE lacount