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Visual FoxPro
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Reports & Report designer
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Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
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Windows XP SP2
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01214814
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This message has been marked as a message which has helped to the initial question of the thread.
>Hello Foxperts,
>
>I am developing a report intended to replace the pre-printed service contract forms that are currently typed.
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>As is common with contracts, there are large blocks of text (a.k.a. 'boilerplate') that need to be printed on the page along with the two dozen fields such as customer name/address/csz/phone/etc. This text exceeds the 254 character limit for a Label's Caption, and using the Field Properties Expression Builder seems to have a similar limit.
>
>What's a good trick to get 2k-3k of text on the page without resorting to multiple labels or fields?

Generally speaking, you could use memo field. However, if you have 'uneven' text, i.e. different fonts, inserted fields, etc. then Word automation with bookmarks would be the most flexible approach.
Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant
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