LOCAL lcMyRTFText, loRTF lcMyRTFText = FILETOSTR("RTFFile.rtf") loRTF = NEWOBJECT("RTFObject","RTFClass.vcx") loRTF.TextRTF = lcMyRTFText lcText = loRTF.Text loRTF = .NULL.The first line reads the RTF file into a string variable. The second line creates an instance of the class in memory. The third line assigns the RTF formatted text to the control. The fourth line extracts the text as plain text. Then last is to release the object from memory.