Tracy,

EVALUATE('getfield')) is equal getfiled. SO you don't need EVAL() either.

>Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!
>This works:
>THANKS (I always forget about EVALUATE!)!!!!!!!
>
>

>getfield='prof_sc'
>value1 = WORDHIDE(EVALUATE('getfield'))
>?value1
>
>*wordhide function xstr param should = 'prof_sc' in this example only
>FUNCTION wordhide
>PARAMETERS xstr
>
>? xstr
>IF LOWER(xstr)='prof_sc'
>	RETURN 'mdr_dob'
>ELSE
>	RETURN 'unknown - prof_sc was not passed to this program'
>ENDIF
>

>
>>Did you try the vfp EVAL() function?