In the form's load method:

IF TYPE('m.pcCurrentHall')="U"
	PUBLIC m.pcCurrentHall
        m.pcCurrentHall=" " && or whatever value you want it to have
ENDIF
* You can also limit it for development mode only by using:
IF SET('DEVELOPMENT')="ON"
    m.pcCurrentHall=" "
ENDIF

>Thanks for the tip. It didnt work though. It gave them the same error right when I hit enter to add the space.
>
>>I *think* I've read that if you put a space before the equal-sign, the error message will go away.
>>
>>good luck
>>
>>>So I got VFP 8 (finnaly). When I open some of my forms now I get this error:
>>>
>>>"Data type is invalid for this property."
>>>
>>>I click "OK" and the form load/runs fine. I figured out that its because I reference a variable in the form caption property. It equals something like, = 'Resident Information - ' + m.pcCurrentHall. Now if I dont have m.pcCurrentHall delclared it gives me an error, and if its declared its fine. It never did this in VFP 7. My questions is, can I get VFP to stop giving me an error everytime I open the form in the form designer?
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Eric