Dawa,

I see 3 different results

1) highlighting from the first * up to and including the t of Stamp ctrl-f3 (hear a beep) ctrl-l the find dialog pops up

2) highlighting from the first * up to and including the a of Stamp, ctrl-f3 (hear a beep) ctrl-l crash

3) highlighting from the first * to the end of the text ctrl-f3 (hear a beep) the highlight changes to only go though the 01/, (which is 255 characters) press ctrl-l get a Feaure not available messagebox.

So I only see it crash when exactly 246 characters are highlighted when the ctrl-f3 ctrl-l are pressed.

Update - I was checking this in VFP8 at the time.

>I don't which string you're refering to. But, try this from my original testprg.prg
>
>

**************************************************
>*-- Form:         (c:\my documents\visual foxpro projects\abcds\fmtest.scx)
>*-- ParentClass:  cbaseform (c:\my documents\visual foxpro projects\\libs\test.vcx)
>*-- BaseClass:    form
>*-- Time Stamp:   01/28/05 11:07:03 AM
>*

>
>Just highlight the part that I highlighted here for which the string length is 249< 255, then follow the steps:
>Press Ctrl+F3 (Find)
>Press Ctrl+L (Popup Find/Replace window)
>You'd get the same error.
>*ps: I'm heading home right now, will answer tomorrow.