>>Thanks Sergey, that's much cleaner than my attempt. Curious about something else now. You used macro expansion rather than EXEXSCRIPT. Any reason to prefer one over the other?
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>EXECSCRIPT executes in its own environment that may be different than current program environment (different SET settings, paths, etc.)

I was unaware of this. From the help

ExecScript( ), unlike macro expansion, provides the same effect as selecting several lines of code in the command window then pressing the Enter key

and no mention of it's own environment.