>>>I thought for sure I had saved this somewhere, but I can't find it.
>>>
>>>I need to append the contents of a text field on a form to the end of a memo field without losing what is already in the memo field. It is too early and I can't seem to think straight :)
>>>
>>>Basically the user will add some information to the textbox, and then on save it will be added to the end of a running history file.
>>>
>>>thx,
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>>Phil
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>>Replace memofield with textfield ADDITIVE
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>>Terry
>
>I'm doing this on a data entry form. I'm trying to append the contents of thisform.txtUpdate to the end of thisform.edbHistory. I keep getting an error "edbHistory is not a file variable" ??

Ah,

I thought you were appending to an existing memeo field in a table. Presumably, then, thisform.edbHistory is the "screen embodiment" of the memo, presumably in an edit box? When you refer to the contents of controls, you need their .Value, e.g.

thisform.edbHistory.value = thisform.edbHistory.value + thisform.txtUpdate.value

That work?

Terry