>>I have been using ll for years and never had any problem.
>>When I changed the name of the variable my problem disappeared, so I've reached the conclusion that NavigateTo() in the Hyperlink base class had something to do with the problem.
>
>In the following NavigateTo() has no effect on the variable ll.

Local ll As Boolean ;
>	, tcTarget As String ;
>	, oHyperLink As _HyperLinkBase Of "c:\program files\vfp7\ffc\_hyperlink.vcx"
>
>Set Classlib To "c:\program files\vfp7\ffc\_hyperlink"
>
>ll = .F.
>tcTarget = "www.Microsoft.Com"
>oHyperLink = CreateObject( "_HyperLinkBase" )
>
>ll = oHyperLink.NavigateTo( tcTarget )
>
>Set Step On
>
>If ll
>  ll = oHyperLink.Wait_Till_Doc_Ready()
>EndIf
>
>Return ll

I don't have a problem there either. The only time the problem has shown up for me is when tcTarget="", then NavigateTo() returns .F. and my program crashes, and the Locals Window and Trace Window disagree on the value of ll at that point.