>>>>>>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.

We have exact the the same saying - "Гледам на боб" :-)