Thanks Bob,
This'll do the trick
Dave

>>Is there a way to programmatically execute a block of text contained within a string variable?
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>>I know you can break it down into individual lines and use runtime macro ...
>>&cLine
>>on each line.
>>
>>But is there a better way now with VFP?
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>Well... with VFP 6.0 SP 3 you can compile in the runtime... so... do a String to File, compile it, then run it.
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>Also, you can use Codeblock which will run a block of code passed to it. I think it is in the files section here.
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>BOb