Yes that's where I had it::->

laFix[1] = 0
if llFree
laFix[1] = 0
else
select recno(), ;
OBJECTTYPE + OBJECTNAME ;
from (lcDBCAlias) ;
where ((PARENTID = liParent and ;
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Thanks for your help, but I ended up giving up on using SDT, and from a suggestion in VMP support, I ended up using GENDBC and a pile of hacking code. Took me about 6 hours work to to it, but I think I've got it working ok now.