The STRTOFILE() doesn't strip line breaks from the text. IOW, you don't have line breakes in your memo or they are incomplete.

>I am converting a memo field to a text file
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>The memo field contains
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>Hello Colin
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>Hope you are well
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>Colin
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>Using the strtofile command I get
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>Hello Colin Hope you are well Colin
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>How can I get the line breaks?
>