>thanks for the interest.
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>wouldn't both those methods require to know what the name of the array is on the other side? ( expecially for the stub method )
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>I've used similar techniques before, plus useing the extension of the _screen object ( that way the array will always be known and in scope )
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>I've been on a cursade lately to make everything as generic and transferable/protable as possable, and caring what the name of variable is in a function/form I'm calling seams counterintuitive.
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>- jer

No. You only have to know the name of your parameter you used in your code. Once an array is passed to you, the name used on the "other side" is meaningless. If it came from VFP, it's hidden. If it came from somewhere else, you can't get to it anyway.