Hi Jim, Long time no see....

No, I hadn't. But I'll put it on my "I'll do it tomorrow" list along with the suggestion of using the variable for the dbf() value. I'd ignored it as a possible reason.

Thanks,
Barbara

>Barbara,
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>So have you tried setting TALK the same as with the .prg? TALK sure has been obliquely implicated in lots of strange things in the past.
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>Good luck,
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>JimN
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