>Consider this code:
>

>LOCAL lcTest
>lcTest = "<<lcTest2>>"
>*
>LOCAL lcTest2
>lcTest2 = "Hello World"
>
>TEXT TO lcOutput1 TEXTMERGE NOSHOW
>What I say:
><<lcTest>>
>Good bye.
>ENDTEXT
>
>MESSAGEBOX(lcOutput1) &&displays <<lcTest>> literally.
>
>LOCAL lcOutput2
>lcOutput2 = TEXTMERGE(lcOutput1,.T.,"<<",">>")
>
>MESSAGEBOX(lcOutput2) && Displays Hello World.
>

>
>I wonder if there a way to have the first Textmerge evaluate the string lcTest recursively?

Use the TextMerge() function instead of the command. It has a parameter to indicate whether it should be recursive.

Tamar