>>>>>Maybe this code is designed to pass Memo field as parameter, not value of Memo field but its name as 'MemoField'.
>>>>>If Memo is passed as Value then TYPE(lcBodyText) must raise an error.
>>>>
>>>>Right, didn't notice that. If he's passing a value, he should check for type(lcBodyText)='C' instead. At least that's what I'd do - pass it as value. But if the parameter did contain the memo field's name, he wouldn't be getting the "too long" error, would he?
>>>
>>>No, he wouldn't. Just tested and he must not receive error anyway:
>>>lcStr = [teststr]
>>>? TYPE(lcStr) -> U (not error)
>>
>>Now I'm getting curious... how did he get this error anyway? The type(lcBodyText)="M" or he wouldn't run into this at all... but then what was too long there?
>
>
>I don't know :-)
>Maybe something happened with this library and it exceed the limitation of 65K for single routine, After he commented this part and therefore recompile classlib all gone.

In Serbian, it's "we can only look into beans" (i.e. try a little magic reading). I figure you must have a similar saying.

I wish the originator would chime in with a few more details.