>hello all,
>
>Can some 1 explain This ?
>

>m.abc = 'Containername'
>
>thisform.&abc..visible = .t. --- && Works
>thisform.&abc.visible = .t. --- && fails error thisform.containernamevisible not found ???
>
>

>
>suhashegde

It would be much better to re-write this statement

store .t. to ("thisform." + m.abc + ".visible")

No macros at all, which make the statement hard to maintain and slower.