Hi Fred,

>Other than having "collate = " in the VFP configuration file, is there anything else in the Windows environment that would determine the collation sequence used in VFP?

The system codepage, regional settings and installed language support determine which collate sequences are available, but I don't think the default is anything but "MACHINE". Aside from the Config.FPW file you can specify the default collate sequence for the VFP IDE in the Tools > Option dialog.

Christof