Firstly I would like to thank everyone (Jacques, Chris, Debbie, Trey, Peter, Mark, David, Jo Ellen) who responded to my question. As usual the answer was very quick in reaching me. The solution to using Variables in Map From statements is to use Run Command. Eg. String = Tab1, Tab2, Tab3 Run Command "Map From " + String SIMPLE!!!!! Thanks again Scott. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]