There may be spaces, which is why I need to use this method.

>James,
>
>I don't know why its not working, but I'd suggest that you eliminate macro substition completely. Are there spaces in lcCommand?
>
>

>DO (lcCommand)

>
>>Can anyone tell me why the following code works in debug but not in the exe?
>>
>>lcFile = ALLTRIM(cText)
>>lcPrg = JUSTSTEM(lcFile) + ".prg"
>>lcCommand = "'" + lcPrgDir + lcPrg + "'"
>>DO &lcCommand