>>Hi Eric.
>>
>>>My problem is that, if there is an error in the file, specifically the lname variable is not defined, the TEXTMERGE gives an error. Is there a way to make it work like the TEXT...ENDTEXT command that just put nothing in the replacement in this case but don't produce any error?
>>
>>How about having your error handler just RETURN if the error occurs while using TEXTMERGE()? I do that using code like:

This.lTextMerge = .T.
>>textmerge(whatever)
>>This.lTextMerge = .F.
>>
>>function Error...
>>if This.lTextMerge
>>  return
>>else
>>  rest of code
>>endif

Doug
>
>Many thanks Doug. Most of the time the solution is so simple!

In the case of missing variables the line

lcResult = textmerge(whatever)

will be skipped and variable lcResult wouldn't be changed.