Except of course we dont have to use filetostr to convert the outputted file to a var.


>>Yep, TEXT TO var and SET TEXTMERGE TO var are VFP7 enhancements. Combined with EXECSCRIPT(var) they introduce some interesting possibilities.
>
>set textmerge on
>set textmerge to i:\vfptest\tmtest.prg
>lcWW = '"this stuff works in VFP6 too"'
>text
>wait window <>
>endtext
>set textmerge to
>compile i:\vfptest\tmtest.prg
>do i:\vfptest\tmtest
>
>Nothing that coulding be done before VFP7.