On 3/24/14 12:44 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > Filepro doesn't do any optimizations that break execution order, > right? > > ::ns=ctl(1); ctl(1)=ns+"1": > > is going to do what I so clearly expect, right? > > Cheers, > -- jra Yes - just make by the time you get to that line, you have the lookup (via "ctl") successfully accessible and protected for writing. Bruce