Subject Re: do variable From Bruce Beacham <bbeacham@no_plm_lowman.co.uk> Date Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:35:27 +0000 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started _app.<item> cannot be used as a macro, nor can any dot-notated reference.   Use a private variable. _app.menu = "menus.wfm" private fred fred = _app.menu do &fred. Bruce Beacham On 25/02/2020 22:30, Charlie wrote: > HI.. I've tried a bunch of combinations and just can't get this to work.  I am trying to open menus.mnu as a variable.  Can anyone help? > > _app.menu = "menus.wfm" > "do '&_app.menu'"  // I know this is wrong and have tried many variations on this theme!!! >