>Hi Cetin,
>
>>.rtf is simple text file. Append it to a memo instead and show with an RTF >activex control.
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>Please see my reply to Tore.
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>In this case the RTF string is to be output in an .frx-based report, with all formatting, colors, etc. as they appear on the form on which they were originally created.
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>Any further ideas would be appreciated.
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>Regards,
>Alan

But RTF is simply text where the formatting is special character combinations which are added to the text, and intepreted by the RTF control. So RTF=text.