>Hello all,
>
>Anyone seen this one:
>
>I have a field in a table named cf_text. I SCATTER NAME lorecord to make an object for a record.
>
>x=lorecord.cf_text --generates a syntax error when the code is run, but not from the command window.

The problem, I'll bet, is that you're #INCLUDEing FOXPRO.H. cf_text is a defined constant; it's one of the clipboard formats.

Tamar