>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

Suhas,
By language specification . ends macro substitution.

thisform.&abc..visible is interpreted as "thisform.Containername.visible
while:
thisform.&abc.visible is interpreted as "thisform.Containernamevisible

In fact macro in such cases do not need a dot because you don't need a macro - read it as "do not use macro where you don't need it:)

with eval('thisform.' + m.abc)
  .Visible = .t.
endwith

Is a better construct IMHO.
Cetin