There's no reason to use macro substitution in this case

lvFieldName = EVAL(THIS._cAlias + "." + tcFieldName)

In most cases EVALUTAE() function or Name Expression can be used and should be used instead of macro substitution.

>Hi
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>Presently I have the following statement which stores the value of a table field into a local variable:
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>lvFieldName = &tcFieldName
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>I would like to add after the table name to this macro statement, or use the evaluate command. The name of my table is storder in a form propert called _cAlias.
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>I have tried several combinations, but VFP doesn;t seem to recognize my syntax.
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>I have tried
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>lvFieldName=&THIS._cAlias..tcFieldName (VFP doesn't like this one.)
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>Supposedly , it can also be done with Evaluate() !
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>Can anyone correct me on the syntax?