Thanks

I missed the read/only property in the Data list.

I will look at alines.

>For your #1 you may also use alines() to get the array of lines, and then scan the array and recreate the string while ignoring empty array values.
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>For your #2 you may set EditBox.READONLY=.t. and EditBox.Enabled=.t.
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>>I have forms with memo fields on them. I have several questions about using them.
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>>1. What is the best way to remove extra spaces between words, i.e. if I have
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>>this is a    test
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>>skipped several lines (what viewer sees
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so that it becomes
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>>This is a test skipped several lines
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>>Can I use some thing like
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>>cString = Thisform.editboxformemofield.value
>>do while at( "  ", cString ) > 0
>>  cString = strtran( cString, "  ", " " )
>>enddo
>>Thisform.editboxformemofield.value = cString
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>>Could I just substitute "Thisform.editboxformemofield.value" for "cString" in the above
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>>do while at(...
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>>enddo
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loop?
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>>2. How do I display a memo field (editbox) so that scroll bars are active (can scroll) to see more of the contents of the memo field but so that users cannot change it contents. I could create a full screen zoom form but that seems a bit much.