Hi Vlad,
I've performed a separate STRTRAN on the ampersand (&) and used your final suggestion. In addition I've reinstalled the Fox runtime files on the machines running the software... (to ensure they are SP5)... Nothing's gone wrong yet but the error is a sporadic one.
Thanks again,
Ben
Ben Sugden
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