>>>Does not work:
>>>
>>>
>
>>>seek &Thisform.cSeekValueRef
>>>
>
>>>
>>>Does work:
>>>
>>>
>
>>>lcSeekValueRef=Thisform.cSeekValueRef
>>>seek &lcSeekValueRef
>>>
>
>>>
>>>Am I correct? Why is it this way?
>
>>Just to answer the general question, you can only macro-expand variables, not fields or properties.
>
>I have used macro substitution with table.fields -->
>
>lcAlias = ALIAS()
>
>REPLACE &lcAlias..fieldname WITH lcValue
>
>The key here is that you have to use two periods (..) -- the first ends the macro substitution, the second separates the field name. I have used this for passing a table reference to a UDF where the table alias may be different/unknown at runtime (generic UDF).

Greg,

Sorry to disappoint you, but in your case you should have been using name expression instead.

E.g.

replace (lcFiledName) with lcValue in (lcAlias) && this is much better and safer syntax