>Hi,
>
>I need to change a hard-coded expression into a variable (stored in the app object). The expression has a variable - name of the alias - which may change in different parts of the app. Here is an example (close to actual case):
>
>Right now, hard coded:
>
>nQty = EVALUATE(tcAliasName + ".INSTOCK") + EVALUATE(tcAliasName + ".ONORDER") - EVALUATE(tcAliasName
>+ ".REORDERPNT")
>
>
>If I place the entire hard-coded expression to a variable, as:
>
>cExpr = 'EVALUATE(tcAliasName + ".INSTOCK") + EVALUATE(tcAliasName + ".ONORDER") - EVALUATE(tcAliasName + ".REORDERPNT")'
>
>
>Will the above work as?
>
>nQty = EVALUATE( cExpr )
>*-- or
>nQty = &cExpr.
>
>
>TIA
TEXT TO cExpr NOSHOW TEXTMERGE PRETEXT 15
<<tcAliasName>>.INSTOCK +
<<tcAliasName>>.ONORDER -
<<tcAliasName>>.REORDERPNT
ENDTEXT
nQty = EVALUATE( cExpr )
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