TH> foo$ = rec.CName(x??)
 
 TH> I get compile error 421 (String operand expected)
AM> In user-defined types, the parenthesis comes after the name of
  > the whole variable, and before the name of the element--
  > rec(x??).CName. It makes sense, I guess, sort of.
Yes, it does. I figured it out almost right after I sent that post.
As for it making sense... Well, that's only the case when the
'knowledge base' is suffient to make that distinction. 
I'm just picking up on this product.
AM> This is another example of how error messages aren't always too
  > informative.
I noticed that... 
The folks at PowerBASIC have their work cut out for them... 
 
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