>>>>In my quest of optimizing my code, how about this one:
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>lcField=FIELD(lnCompteur)
>>>>IF &lcField<>OLDVAL(FIELD(lnCompteur))
>>>>

>>>
>>>So. . .
>>>IF FIELD(lnCompteur) <> OLDVAL(FIELD(lnCompteur))
>>>. . . doesn't work?
>>
>>FIELD(lnCompteur) returns the name of the field not the value.
>
>If Field(lnCompteur) returns the name, then eval(Field(lnCompteur)) should return the value, right?

As answered in the other reply, yes, that does the trick.