Hi Alex,

A variable in the parenthesis in place where name is expected by VFP is called Name Expression. Here's a dumb example that demonstrates name expression.

lcMyobject = "This"
SCATTER NAME (lcMyobject) ADDITIVE

As you can see '(lcMyobject)' is substituted by VFP with the name stored in the variable.

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>for some strange reason I tried the whole time to put "This" in brackets - SCATTER NAME (This) ADDITIVE - and it didn't work.

>>Try

DEFINE CLASS myclass as custom
>>   PROCEDURE Init
>>   USE mytable
>>   SCATTER NAME This ADDITIVE
>>ENDDEFINE
>>