hi all,

I want to achieve the following.

For m.ix = 1 to ..
 define bar m.ix of (alltrim(table1.f1)) prompt (alltrim(table2.f1))
 on selection bar m.ix of (alltrim(table1.f1)) (alltrim(table2.command1))
endfor

The line "on selection bar m.ix of (alltrim(table1.f1)) (alltrim(table2.command1))" fails.
If i remove the "(alltrim(table2.command1))" it works but it will be of no use to me.
(alltrim(table2.command1)) contains valid foxpro command like do abc.prg

but this works
on selection bar m.ix of (alltrim(table1.f1)) do abc.prg

error returned unrecognised command verb .
I tried macro substitution like

m.macro1 = "on selection bar"+alltrim(str(m.ix))+" of "+alltrim(table1.f1)+alltrim(table2.command1)
&macro1

and it worked

Can someone highlight why didnt this work ??

on selection bar m.ix of (alltrim(table1.f1)) (alltrim(table2.command1))

suhashegde