>Hi Viv,
>
>>Anyone noticed that the following doesn't error:
>

>>=MESSAGEBOX("Hello"),0,"Fred"
>

>
>Interesting... Here also I don't get error. Work fine. (VFP 8/SP1)
>VFP evaluate all as expressions. Try:
>

>? MESSAGEBOX("Hello"),0,"Fred"
>* And
>? MESSAGEBOX("Hello"), GETFILE()
>

>If you try:
>

>MESSAGEBOX("Hello"),0,"Fred"
>

>You get a error.

This explain the matter:

=MESSAGEBOX("Hello"),0,"Fred"