>>Al,
>> I hate to sound like a neophyte, but in what ways is it more flexable?
>>Thanks,
>
>And you need it to "store" to a named variable; eg.
>
>m.b = ""
>m.a = "m.b"
>STORE "Hi" TO ( m.a )
>? m.b
>
>Can't do it with the "=" operator, unless you use a macro.


Don't put the m. on the left side of an assignment =. It actually runs the code slower and isn't needed.