>I have used the commands a lot and they never give me a problem. I always use the MEMO option.
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>One thing to keep in mind is that when you "speak with Microsoft", you are actually speaking with a support person who probably doesn't program in FoxPro as much as you and possibly doesn't know why he/she is giving out the advice that is being offered...hence the "but didn't really have a reason why".
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>Joe
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I guess the generic reason not to use SCATTER/GATHER (and I follow it) is not to use variables at all, especially public variables. Moreover it could be and should be done even if buffering is not used. I always felt pain looking at 2.x m... stuff, and, fortunately now my projects are free of it.
Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant