>W/o NOFILTER foxpro wasn't creating cursor on the disk. Instead it opened source table again with alias temp an issued a series command to get requred result.
>

>USE Point Again ALIAS Temp
>SET FILTER TO
>CREATION>=ldDate AND CREATION <=ldDate2
>SET ORDER TO CREATION DESCENDING

>
>?DBF("temp") would show the name of source table.
>
>Using NOFILTER forces foxpro to create cursor on the disk.

Yes, I understand all that. What I don't understand is VFP chocking on the record pointer when I move into another function.