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The one thing I just found that does not work is using our special bufHandle:: syntax to get the value of the field for a dynamic temp-table. E.g.: DEF VAR tt AS HANDLE. DEF VAR bhdl AS HANDLE. CREATE TEMP-TABLE tt. tt:ADD-NEW-FIELD("foo()", "Integer"). tt:TEMP-TABLE-PREPARE('mytt'). bhdl = tt:DEFAULT-BUFFER-HANDLE. bhdl:BUFFER-CREATE(). MESSAGE bhdl::foo() VIEW-AS ALERT-BOX. /* You get a runtime error: BUFFER-FIELD foo was not found */ If I had made the name "foo(s)", that last line (with bhdl::foo(s)) will not even compile.

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