>>Has anyone tested/reproduced this on vfp7 SP1?
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>Bob's code runs w/o problem under VFP7SP1.

Great, thanks Sergey. I didn't expect there would be a vfp7 problem, or I figure someone would've found it already (but still, this had me a little concerned for a minute there.) So I'm glad you confirmed vfp7's okay.

So, I'll just leave the current V.7 app alone, and monitor this thread for more developments.

My sympathies for Bob, though, very tough situation for him.