>>>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 ) 
>>

>
>First, thank you. Your approach should work and should be my solution. But I have changed the TEXT TO ENDTEXT to a string (because I will store it in the app object). So in my case I have
>

> cExpr = "<<tcAliasName>>.INSTOCK + <<tcAliasName>>.ONORDER - <<tcAliasName>>.REORDERPNT"
>nQty = EVALUATE( cExpr ) 
>

>
>But I get error Missing Operand. I must be doing something wrong. I will keep checking my syntax.

Use the Text-Endtext construct plus the Evaluate() in yourobject.yourvalue_access.