>>>That's a good idea, but why they are not released automatically? Is this
>>>behavior normal and documented or I've just discovered a bug, which strangely
>>>nobody found before?
>>
>>Neither. :-) MSKB#Q186088 BUG: Report Variable Not Released After Report Runs
>
>Garrett,
>The KB article is slightly wrong. The variables created in reports are
>Private in scope, not Local. There is a big distinction (at least to me).
>
>And also, the behavior still exists in VFP 7.0.

I knew about VFP7: we're still sweeping the earlier articles for applies-to-7. Good point about the scope, though. Thanks.