Re: ERROR -4518 String Storage problem

paulw@dev.jcdc.eta.gov wrote: : This 4518 error can be caused by several problems where the temporary : storage for strings has not been deallocated in 4GL. One of the most common causes of the -4518 error comes from extensive use of the using clause. if you use the following: let varname = small_int_var using "&&&&" change it to let usingstr = "&&&&" let varname = small_int_var using usingstr if varname is a character variable you can free string space with the following: let varname = varname, "" Don't know _why_ these things work but since implementing, the error is gone. -- gburnore@netcom.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How you look depends on where you go. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------