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From: esr@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Edward Roepe)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: dBASE III+ problem
Message-ID: <8730@ufcsv.cis.ufl.EDU>
Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 12:57:16 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  6 12:57:16 1987
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Keywords: dBASE
Summary: Macro Substitution

Try the following:

  STORE SPACE(8) TO DBNAME
  @5,10 SAY "Enter Database Name" GET DBNAME
  READ
  USE &DBNAME

From the book:

  Expert dbase III+
  Judd Robbins and Ken Braly
  Page: 79