>Hi Cy
>
>>

>>FUNCTION SCOPE (cDbf,cField,xStart,xEnd)
>>LOCAL lcFilterString
>>SELECT (cDbf)
>>DO CASE
>>
>>   CASE TYPE("xStart") = "D"
>>      lcFilterString = "set filter to between("+cField+",{"+DTOC(xStart)+"},{"+DTOC(xEnd)+"})"
>>   CASE TYPE("xStart") = "C"
>>      lcFilterString = "set filter to between("+cField+",'"+xStart+"','"+xEnd+"')"
>>   CASE TYPE("xStart") = "N" OR TYPE("xStart") = "I"
>>      lcFilterString = "set filter to between("+cField+","+xStart+","+xEnd+")"
>>ENDCASE
>>*-- Set the filter on selected table
>>&lcFilterString
>>ENDFUNC
>>

>
>
>When i use scope("Year","date","01-04-2001","30-04-2001")
>
>I've got an error "operator/operand type mismatch"
>on &lcFilterstring

You would. You are trying to compare a date field with character data.