in the following help topic: http://help.esri.com/en/arcgisdesktop/9.4/help/index.htm#/Feature-Class-To-Feature-Class/00120000002... The py window shows everything as a string, while the standalone approach is representative of setting variables for reference inside of the function. So, I am assuming that this is just indicative of different ways to represent parameters from the different components in the new gp. I am hopefully over thinking/over analyzing this, right?