How to put a cursor name to variable

[mensud]

Hello,

I need to put a cursor name into local variable, and also do something with that cursor using variable as name.

Thanks.
Mensud

 

[craigsboyd]

lcVariable = "MyCursor"

...or...

lcVariable = Alias()


...then...

Select (lcVariable) &&There are lots of commands that will take the cursor name as a string

...or you can use macro substitution:

Replace &lcVariable..MyField with "Hello World"

...or in certain circumstances you can use Evaluate:

lcMyString = Evaluate(lcVariable + ".MyField")

...I would encourage you to read the help file or look at intellisense to see which commands can except the alias as a string (most will) and which ones need the literal name. In the latter case macro substitution provides what you need and in the former case you already have a variable that contains the name of your cursor so use it with parenthesis around it.

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[mensud]

Thanks !!!