Brian,

Give this a shot...I don't think I made any typos, but ya never know :)

Putting it into a text file is only another line of code...using COPY TO command.

create cursor nameList (lastName c(3))
with thisform.pageframe.page3.list3
    for i = 1 to .listCount
        insert into nameList values (left(.list(i),3))
    next i
endwith

select * from c:\phonebook\addresses.dbf ;
    where lastname in (select * from nameList) ;
    into table c:\phonebook\temp.dbf

>Thanks but it still isnt working like it should. Now it is asking me for what file to put everything into with each record that I want to print into it. When your printing 2000 records that gets annoying :) Does anyone know of a way to print this into a data base file or txt file that works? I have been trying to get this working for a about 2 days and havent had much luck.
>
>this is what the code currently looks like
>
>do while x < thisform.pageframe.page3.list3.listcount
> x=x+1
> m.lastname = left(thisform.pageframe.page3.list3.list(x),3)
> append from c:\phonebook\addresses for lastname = m.lastname
> COPY TO C:\phonebook\temp.dbf
> MODIFY FILE C:\phonebook\temp.dbf
> use
>enddo