The REPLACE example was just an example. We were talking about the technical reasons behind the prohibition. Thanks for the help.

>>can I do this:
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>>this.cView = 'ViewName'
>>lcView = this.cView
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>>REPLACE &lcView..FieldName WITH value
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>>and not this:
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>>REPLACE &this.cView..FieldName WITH value?
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>>
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>Macro substitution doesn't work properly on properties. Why not:
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>REPLACE (lcView + '.FieldName') WITH VALUE
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>and
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>REPLACE (this.cView + '.Fieldname') WITH VALUE
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>which should always work...and is faster, too.
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>>Thanks in advance.