Well, it means that something is wrong with "your" compiler. I did all test with save (and compile before save), and separately with compile, and in versions VFP6, VFP7, and VFP8, and always got the error.

>I compiled it explicitely with COMPILE myfile.prg after your suggestion. It still does not catch that syntax error.
>Thank you for your suggestion.
>
>Dawa
>>In your first post you mentioned "when I save the program". Could you compile it after that to see whether something is wrong with the compilation?
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