The _sc variable ends with a dot so the double dot is not needed.
There are no trailing spaces etc. It has works always, it just errors out when SP3 dll's are used with this .exe compiled with SP4.

>Hi!
>
>Is 'otreatbar' part of the name or it is independent name? If it is independent name, than you should use following syntax:
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>&_sc..otreatbar.COLUMNCOUNT = 2 + thisprog.aantalvelden
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>Check also if _sc variable does not contains trailing spaces.

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