>Thanks Jay
>I had been trying to update the the existing property "aAccts" to aAccts(1). When I hit enter the "(1)" would disappear and the error message appeared.
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>As you suggested I removed it and removed the dimension statement in the init code and re-added the property to the form and "IT WORKED". What a frustrating experience. I knew I had done this before, I just did not realize I could not edit the property or add one with the same name with "(1)" added.
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>By the way, the property changed my entry from aAccts(1) to aAccts(1,0).
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>Thanks again for everyones patience and help.

Chuck --
One of those frustrating little quirks, isn't it. Glad you got it. And VFP does convert, for some reason, the one dimensional entry to a 2 dimensional in the property listing.

Jay