>I could see this technique as being an alternative to using temporary cursors. But it could not permanently store data, unless you gather values back into a data file. Am I right?
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>- Steve

Steve,

I've only tried storing data back into a Fox Table, but it was straightforward, as in:

For x = 1 to Number_of_fields
Tables.Fieldname = Object.FieldName
Next

I don't think there's a problem with field type since the Object was loaded originally with the proper contents...

With other databases, of course, the way the object is read or even if it is accessible is another question. What you can do, say, to store information in an Access database is create an OLE Public COM object that returns strings representing data fields...I've done somthing similar...

HTH,