>>What I'm trying to achieve is a single, quick test that will compare 2 sets of states and give the following results:
>>

>>State1 State2 Result
>> T       T      T
>> T       F      F
>> F       T      T
>> F       F      T
>>

>>The first state indicated if something if being used and the second if access is granted. I really want to do this check when creating nodes for a treeview so speed is quite important.
>>
>>Can anyone point me to a solution?
>>Thanks in anticipation.
>
>What about:
>result = iif(state1==state2,.t., state2)
>
>Einar
Einar,
I don't think that will cover option 3 but thanks for the input, I believe I have a solution from Cetin.