>>I know this may sound like heresy to some, but I make extensive use of VFP's ability to execute &-macro defined command lines. This is an extremely powerful feature that sets VFP apart from any other language I know of.
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>Just for debate's sake, could you give an example of one of these uses? I have yet to see a good one...

One recent use for &command comes to mind. I have a generic audit trail trimming utility that is data driven. Since many of my audit trails tables contain a combination of several different processes, I have additional fieldname&value pairs in my maintenance table besides the date-fieldname.

Anyway, I build the delete command line using a loop through those fieldname/value pairs to constrain the delete.

Hmm, that reminds me, I need an audit trail for the audit trail maintenance utility.. rofl

--Andrew