I think it's simpler and nicer when neither is used

dAirDate2 = BSpotDt.AirDate

>I have often heard that macro substition is not a good idea.
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>Instead of using:
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>SELECT 0
>USE BSpotDt
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>cAlias = "BSpotDt"
>dAirDate1 = &cAlias..AirDate
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>? dAirDate1
>

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>Why not do:
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>#DEFINE FLD_AIRDATE BSpotDt.AirDate
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>SELECT 0
>USE d:\projects\testdata\smts\bspotdt
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>dAirDate2 = FLD_AIRDATE
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>? dAirDate2
>

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>Then the expression is compiled in, versus evaulated at runtime. If/when your structure
>changed, it would be no more work to change it then with the macro version. Maybe even
>less work because there is only one play you really have to change - the .h file.
>
>Any thoughts?