>>>>>>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")

Thank you! This does the job. I have never known the function TextMerge(); something new to learn.
Now I am torn to whom I should attribute the solution, you or Borislav :)