As good a reason as any ... =)
>>Hey Jim, how ya doin'?
>Bonnie,
>
>I'm doin fine.
>
>It is totally personal preference. I started doing it that way and just kept on doing it that way. The only benefit for me is that when and if my error handler kicks in (it records memvars) lcAlias is more meaningful to me than lnWorkArea would be.