Sergey,

>>What it does that cannot be done easily in FoxPro?

How many lines of code am I allowed? ;-)

function stringdotformat(lcString,lxArg0,lxArg1,lxArg2,lxArg3)
return Textmerge(strtran(m.lcstring,[{],[{m.lxArg]),.f.,[{],[}])

Not perfect- in the C# version you can use {{ and }} to include non-placeholder squiggly brackets in the format string.

So:

function stringdotformat(lcString,lxArg0,lxArg1,lxArg2,lxArg3)
lcstring=strtran(m.lcstring,[{{],chr(1))
lcstring=strtran(m.lcstring,[}}],chr(2))
lcstring=Textmerge(strtran(m.lcstring,[{],[{m.lxArg]),.f.,[{],[}])
return chrtran(m.lcstring,chr(1)+chr(2),[{}])

or even

function stringdotformat(lcString,lxArg0,lxArg1,lxArg2,lxArg3)
return chrtran(Textmerge(strtran(strtran(strtran(m.lcstring,[{{],chr(1)),[}}],chr(2)),[{],[{m.lxArg]),.f.,[{],[}]),chr(1)+chr(2),[{}])

Regards

j.R