>Hello Tore,
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>>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.
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>When I place the RTF text in a memo field, and output the memo field on the report, I get the complete string - RTF tags and all. I guess there is something in the general field that tells the report creator to convert the string using the RTF ole control before outputting the data.
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>If I substitute the general field for a memo field, but keep the report region unchanged, I get the error message "Must be a General field".
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>Regards,
>Alan

Alan,
You're CCing but I didn't say anything like if you append as general it'd be same as text. When appended as a general the codes are processed with default RTF handler server on your PC (which might be a different one on another PC). All I said was since it's stored as a text you could put into a memo instead. If you do not process the content with an RTF handler (like RTF activex still you'd just see text and RTF codes).
If you use RTF general field on report then you should take into account possible heighest content beforehand.
Cetin