Concat 2 strings into a tagname?

Can I take 2 strings, concatenate them and use that result as a TagName of a Bool or any other element?

I'm creating an AOI for MSG stats and it would be ideal if I could use only the MSG tagname and create the .EN and .DN tagnames within the AOI on the fly.

Seemed possible till I started a few minutes ago but I cant figure our how to assign a bools Tagname to a concatenated string. I might be on the wrong track.

I know the MSG has to be created separately and be controller scoped so I'm only trying to reference an already existing bit.

I don't know of any way to make a tagname dynamic within the PAC.

This post was discussed in a recent thread, and could be a method to achieve the desired outcome.

http://www.plctalk.net/qanda/showthread.php?t=105602

Please don't.

Please don't.

Please don't.

Don't try to package MSG instructions into an AOI in a system that principally does telemetry.

Don't try to do something obscure and almost-impossible with tag name references instead of arrays.

If you think you need to create a new feature or invent a function that the system doesn't do, step back and look at the problem more carefully. Brute-force logic is very frequently the most easy to write, troubleshoot, and maintain over time.