>Rob,
>
>Perhaps I've missed something along the way here. If so, sorry, but your mention of "flags" brought something to mind. When I think of "flags" it generally means the change in a condition and is represented by setting a logical value. This can make tracking multiple related logical conditions a bit tough, but VFP has made this task much simpler. If this is along the lines of your problem, then read on.
>
>VFP's bit manipulation functions can be used to either set or check the values any of the bits in a 32 bit integer. This is a very powerful tool. It means that you can store up to 32 logical conditions in a single variable. Further, they also allow you to evaluate if any or none of these conditions are met in a single line of code. You might want to check out functions like BITAND(), and BITOR().
>
>hth,
---
Hi George
BITAND() and BITOR() are new to me. I will look into them, but they sound
like they can really come in handy. thanks again :)