>>USE don't like variables.
>>I have little trouble to understand your var (gcMainDBF) as data path.
>>Assuming you mean PATH and FILE NAME try:
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>I'm not looking for a solution. As I mentioned, I already use '' to separate both variables in order to force the evaluation.
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>What I'm saying is that I believe that as soon as a + sign is present that this should be evaluated.

It isn't evaluated because foxpro doesn't expect expression in that place. It expects table or view name. That's why you should use name expression in such cases.