>Sergey:
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>You are absolutely right!!
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>The issue is not that the count would be wrong because I would put something in the code to capture something about the bottom record before starting the DO loop.
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>The issue is that the "skip -1" must be just before ENDDO. I did not understand that until now.
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>Now when I am scanning down I do not necessarily have my skip code just before the ENDDO and it always works.
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>Anyay, Sergey I can live with this now that I understand it. It seems a little odd that it works this way but now that I understand it, I can make it work.
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>Thanks for clarifying this for me.
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>Mike Smith

This is becauae BOF() and EOF() are fully different.

EOF() is a stable state, it is equal to RECNO()>RECCOUNT(), that is you are outside from the table.

BOF() is a unstable state, it is not equal to RECNO()=0 ( this would be the correct implementation ),
but it is equal to "RECNO()=TOPRECNO and you not to be able to go more up, and you are inside the table".

Fabio