>Thanks!
>I keep forgetting about those sys() items.
>
>Colombo.

Jim,

You don't need unique file names in VFP. You can use cursors instead. CREATE CURSOR CursorAliasName. This creates a cursor that is guaranteed to have a unique file name but it will have the alias name you give it.

BTW, SYS(3) can create duplicate names as can SYS(2015) and both of them can create file names that result in illegal alias names.