That's what I figured, but was just trying to settle a discussion here in the office. Thanks.

>John ---
>
>'Cause you can use macro substitution on character info but NOT on an object reference.
>
>>can I do this:
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>>this.cView = 'ViewName'
>>lcView = this.cView
>>
>>REPLACE &lcView..FieldName WITH value
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>>and not this:
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>>REPLACE &this.cView..FieldName WITH value?
>>
>>
>>Thanks in advance.