Bob, if you pre-complie the code why cant you have it as a regular program? why store it in a memo field? Arnon > >My Method is to have two memo fields in the table, one for the source code, >and one for the compiled code. (Copy the memo field to temp.prg COMPILE >temp.prg and append the object code memo field from temp.fxp.) > >At runtime I copy the memo field (object code) to temp.fxp like this: > >m.temp = 'temp.fxp' > >COPY MEMO objcode TO temp.fxp > >DO (m.temp) > >I put the program name into a variable so the compiler does not complain >about finding temp.fxp. This only works if you can generate and compile the >source code. If the source code is dynamic (build on the fly) then you need >to use macros or the CODEBLCK. But then it wouldn't need to be in a memo >field! > >Bob > >