Thanks Nadya ... got it :o)

>>Hi All:
>>
>>The following are via the Command window.
>>Open a database, then a table - ALIAS Test SHARED.
>>
>>? Test.SomeField1
>>.... displays .T.
>>
>>? Test.SomeField2
>>.... displays .T.
>>
>>? Test.SomeField1 = Test.SomeField2
>>.... displays .T.
>>
>>REPLACE Test.SomeField1 WITH .F.
>>? Test.SomeField1
>>.... dislays .F.
>>
>>? Test.SomeField1 = Test.SomeField2
>>.... displays .F.
>>
>>All of the above are as expected. Now, when I do;
>>
>>Test.SomeField1 = .T.
>>
>>I get an error "Object TEST is not found".
>>
>>Why is that?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Mal
>
>If you want to assign a value to a field, you should use replace command. You can not assign a value to a field using = operator. You can do it only for varialbes or for object properties... That's why you're having this error. VFP thinks, you have an object Test.