>hi Mark
>
>the help library says the way i had it. i have also tried it as
>save all like var1,var2,var3 to myfile.mem
>i get a 'command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword' error
>
>john

I don't know what help you are using, but you can not save a list of memvars that way. You can only SAVE ALL LIKE Skeleton

You might consider saving variables and environment setting in a table and restoring from that. Instead of using memory variables, store these in various properties of a global app object. Any values stored in custom properties of a goApp object will be accessible just like any global memory variable. They will also be much safer from accidental removal from memory.