>I wonder if there a way to have the first Textmerge evaluate the string lcTest recursively?
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>If you can dig up a copy of GenScrnX (Ken Levy) there is a function in there called EvTxt() that does this but the delimiters are {{ and }} instead of double angle brackets


http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa979080(v=vs.71).aspx

Use the first, then the second, as you have done.