>Hi.
>I am trying to get the property 'Value' as a string so that I can subsequently macro expand it .
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>I have on my base classes a property set up called MyProp and typically I might have in this:
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>Balnace = 500
>Price > 100
>Country = 'IRL'
>.T.
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>I then want to take this property into a variable as a string and mix it with some other code , and then macro expand it .
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>If I do :
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>MyString = MyTextBox.MyProp I cannt then do MyNewsting='abc' + space(1) + Mystirng because if , for istance, MyProp was = .t., it is treated a a logical variable. In this case, I want to get the String--> .T. into another field reather than the logical .T.
>
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>(I know I can always surround the property with quotes and then remove the quotes, but I want to avoid this if possibel)
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>Any syggestions ?
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>Regards,
>
>Gerard

Gerard,
Use transform() to convert them to string representations.
PS: Think twice before using macro expansion. Evaluate() might be what you need.
Cetin