>I am importing a .rtf file into a general field using APPEND GENERAL myGeneralField FROM MyRTFfile.rtf, but when I view the imported data (eg. by double-clicking on the Gen field in browse mode) I can only see the first line of the RTF data. When I view the .rtf file in Word or WordPad it looks fine.
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>If it is of any relevance, the RTF file was created by combining a number of RTF strings using the method as suggested in Scott Butts' message #850861.
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>I have tried adding the CLASS "RTF" (or "Rich Text" or "RICHTEXT.RICHTEXTCTRL.1") clause to the APPEND GENERAL command, but it doesn't make any difference.
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>Can anyone enlighten me as to what might be going on here?
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>Any help would be appreciated.
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>Alan

Not a fix to your problem as such, but a warning. Avoid general fields AT ALL COST, they have always been a PITA, and are extremely difficult to deal with in the real life! Store the docomunts as separate files. Store the file name, with or wothout the path, in the table.