You can get the same result w/o macro substitution

llFound = SEEK(EVAL(Thisform.cSeekValueRef))

>Does not work:
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>seek &Thisform.cSeekValueRef
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>Does work:
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>lcSeekValueRef=Thisform.cSeekValueRef
>seek &lcSeekValueRef
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>Am I correct? Why is it this way?
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>It forces me to create a lot of local vars just for the temporary use of what is shown above.
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