>>Hi all,
>>
>>I have the following code in a command button of a form (for testing purposes)
>>
>>

>>create cursor fred (fieldname C(10))
>>insert into fred values ('HelloWorld')
>>lcVar = 'fieldname'
>>
>>Select Max(Thisform.TextWidth(AllTrim(eval(lcVar)))) as x from fred
>>Calc Max(TxtWidth(AllTrim(eval(lcVar)))) to lnFieldWidth
>>Calc Max(Thisform.TextWidth(AllTrim(eval(lcVar)))) to lnFieldWidth
>>

>>
>>For some reason the third line (Calc max(Thisform.....) does not work, can anyone explain why?
>>
>>TIA
>
>Do you get error or incorrect result?

It gives an error

Invalid Subscript reference