>>>I have a code that uses a macro, here is an example:
>>>
>>>

>>>cPageMsgExpr = filetostr("MyTextFile.CFG")
>>>=SendPageMessage( cPageNumber, "Order #" + alltrim(str(MYTABLE.ORDER_NO)), 	&cPageMsgExpr. )
>>>

>>>
>>>The issue is with the variable cPageMsgExpr. An example of content of MyTextFile.cfg is as following:
>>>
>>>"trim(MYFIELD1) + ', ' + trim(MYFIELD2) + ', ' + trim(MYFIELD3)"
>>>
>>>The problem is that often times when I make changes of the content of MyTextFile.cfg (which I do using Notepad), the code breaks and I get error message "function missing )"
>>>
>>>I can't figure out what changes from change to change that causes this error.
>>>
>>>What should I do to this text file or to my macro to avoid this error message?
>>>
>>>Thank you for any suggestions.
>>
>>Make sure to remove CRLF from the file. Though I'm not certain what does SendPageMessage do and how does it work.
>
>I thought about this CRLF too but wasn't sure how to remove it in Notepad or Edit (which I also use to edit this file). I guess I will have to run it through a VFP function that removes the CHR(13) and CHR(10).
>
>Thank you for your suggestion.

And may be chr(9) as well. Put your cursor at the end of the line and press delete. Anyway, strtran should work too and it may be better.