>OK thanks, but I don't have the choice. This gives an error (but the Execscript works fine).
>

>cmsg = ''
>TEXT TO lcDoThis NOSHOW
>     cmsg = 'A' + ;
>     'B'+ 'C'
>ENDTEXT

Certainly you have a choice. Remove the semicolons! :)

lcDoThis = chrtran(m.lcDoThis,';','')

>&lcDoThis
>*Execscript(lcDoThis)
>Messagebox(cmsg)
>

>
>
>>Execscript is slower than &.
>>
>>>>>I want to build a long command line.
>>>>>
>>>>>This works OK:
>>>>>

>>>>>TEXT TO dothis
>>>>>cmsg = 'A' + 'B'+ 'C'
>>>>>ENDTEXT
>>>>>
>>>>>&dothis
>>>>>?cmsg
>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>>Now trying to build a multi-line command:
>>>>>
>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>>TEXT TO dothis
>>>>>cmsg = 'A' + ;
>>>>>'B'+ 'C'
>>>>>ENDTEXT
>>>>>
>>>>>&dothis
>>>>>?cmsg
>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>>This gives an error (with or without the semi-colon). Is there a way to build up a command over more than one line?
>>>>>Cyril
>>>>
>>>>Don't use macro substitution. Use EXECSCRIPT() instead:
>>>>

>>>>TEXT TO lcDoThis NOSHOW
>>>>     cmsg = 'A' + 'B'+ 'C'
>>>>     MessageBox(cmsg)
>>>>ENDTEXT
>>>>EXECSCRIPT(lcDoThis)
>>>>

>>>
>>>Thanks for the EXECSCRIPT() suggestion. This works:
>>>

>>>cmsg = ''
>>>TEXT TO lcDoThis NOSHOW
>>>     cmsg = 'A' + ;
>>>     'B'+ 'C'
>>>ENDTEXT
>>>Execscript(lcDoThis)
>>>Messagebox(cmsg)
>>>