>>Can you give me an example of how this makes a difference to VFP. You talk of "some file viewers" but what if you're viewing the file with VFP?
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>WAIT WINDOW works correctly with chr(13) + chr(10), and with chr(13) alone - but not with chr(10) alone. Testing with version 6.
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>I thought there were cases - within VFP - where chr(13) alone produced wrong results - but I can't find any right now. Perhaps the problem was, precisely, when exporting to other applications - I am not sure.


From the command window:

?"test"+CHR(13)+"new line"


All you'll see is "new line".