>>>>>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.
>
>The Text-Endtext construct works. But I need to store this expression in a variable, to be evaluated at run-time. So, I am trying to "convert" the Text-EndText to a string. And having a problem with the error Missing Expression (not Missing Operand).

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