>You must enclose l0ong file names in quotes as in;
>
>

>tempImage = getpict()
>IF !EMPTY(TempImage)
>	APPEND GENERAL arclient.logo FROM <strong>"&tempimage"</strong> LINK
>ENDIF
>

In researching how to use file names with embedded blanks, I came across this method (Thanks!). Now I'd like to know how to do the same thing if the Filename of interest is contained in the field of a table in a different work area.

Suppose fname is a memo field in table fnames containing a very long file name (with embedded blanks). The following generates a 'file does not exist' diagnostic.

SELECT 0
IMPORT FROM "&fnames.fname" XLS

Apparently the '.' screws up the trick. If I do an intermediate step, it works fine:

SELECT 0
cfname = fnames.fname
IMPORT FROM "&cfname" XLS

Any way to acheive the results of the "&varname" trick for complex variable refs without using the intermediate step?