Tom,

Either thisform.text1.value or casema.caseid is not of character type.

Although not pretty, the simplest fix would to use transform. For example...

>***************************************************************************************
>local superid, act
>act = 'search'
>superid = 'IW/NP/MR 2002/7 '
>
>if act = 'search'
> locate for alltrim(TRANSFORM(thisform.text1.value)) = alltrim(superid)
>endif
>
>
>if act = 'search'
> locate for alltrim(TRANSFORM(casema.caseid)) = alltrim(superid)
>endif
>***************************************************************************************



>Hi All,
> Something really silly, probably have to do with type casting( which I dont know how to do in foxpro). I have put the follwing code in my init script of a form, but when it executes this script, it errors me on 9, which is datafield miss match, I cannot string it or type cast it... Can someone help me out?
>
>***************************************************************************************
>local superid, act
>act = 'search'
>superid = 'IW/NP/MR 2002/7 '
>
>if act = 'search'
> locate for alltrim(thisform.text1.value) = alltrim(superid)
>endif
>
>
>if act = 'search'
> locate for alltrim(casema.caseid) = alltrim(superid)
>endif
>***************************************************************************************
>
>Thx
>
>Tom