DETAILS Local variables will show value labels in the form painter but not when the form is run. EXAMPLE PROGRAM . INTEGER LOCAL . VAR LABEL LOCAL "The Local Variable" . VALUE LABELS LOCAL (1) "One" (2) "Two" (3) "Three" ... . FIELD LOCAL DATA AT 5,25 WIDTH 13 LABELS AT 5,38 WIDTH 13 PROMPT VARDESC AT 5,6 WIDTH 18 TYPE INTEGER WORKAROUND Use FDISPLAY to show the value label . FDISPLAY TEXT ( vallab(LOCAL) ) AT 35,39 WIDTH 13 FONT (BGROUND=FFFFFF )