>Thanks Hilmar:)

Macro expansion is a powerful feature - but use it sparingly, mainly when there is no other alternative.

MyFileName = "AnyTable.dbf"
use &MyFileName

is slower than

MyFileName = "AnyTable.dbf"
use (MyFileName)

I often use macro expansion for complex SELECT - SQL statements, since this allows me to quite a few lines of commands.

OldTalk = set("talk")
SET TALK ON
...
set talk &OldTalk

... can also save you several lines of commands, but might execute slower. The alternative, in this case, is:

OldTalk = set("talk")
SET TALK ON
...
if OldTalk = "ON"
  set talk on
else
  set talk off
endif

Hilmar.