Thanks Sergey,
I didn't even know there was a Textmerge() function.


>Biil,
>Sorry, I sent message before it was ready. Try

lcText = TEXTMERGE(memo.value, .T.)
>

>>Hi Sergey,
>>When I do that lcText just ends up as "lc"
>>I did this as a test
>>

>>lc = '<<date()>>'
>>text to lctext textmerge
>>lc
>>endtext
>>? lctext        && printed lc     not 11/23/03
>>

>>
>>>Bill,
>>>

Text to lcText Textmerge Noshow
>>>lc
>>>endText
>>>

>>>
>>>>I'm using VFP 7.0
>>>>
>>>>I would like to feed Text ...EndText a variable that might have Textmerge characters inside it.
>>>>
>>>>Example:
>>>>I would like to store something like this in a memo field
>>>>

>>>>myText .... <<lcValue>> ..... more text
>>>>

>>>>and in a method()
>>>>

>>>>..... myMethod()
>>>>  local lc ,lcText ,lcValue
>>>>  lcValue = <whatever>
>>>>  lc = memo.value
>>>>
>>>>  Text to lcText Textmerge Noshow
>>>>  &lc                && doesn't work
>>>>  endText
>>>>
>>>>     or
>>>>
>>>>  Text to lcText Textmerge Noshow
>>>>  <<lc>>             && doesn't work
>>>>  endText
>>>>

>>>>and lcText would then be
>>>>

>>>>myText .... <whatever> ..... more text
>>>>