>SOOORRRRYYYYYY
>
>I missed the fact that you are still in DOS...

Textmerge works in FPD2.6, just not into a variable. You can redirect it into a file, and BTW the handle is in the system variable _text, so you can mix fwrite(_text, "any text") with your textmerge, and it'll still work.

With a few changes to stream the text into a file, your code should work in FPD2.6 just the same as it would now... i.e. it'll complain about the +alltrim().

>>>Try
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>TEXT TO xxx NOSHOW TEXTMERGE
>>>   Summary of application :<<+alltrim(xdesc)>>, included in file
>>>    <<thisziph>> downloaded on <<dtoc(date())>>
>>>    ...
>>>
>>>   ********************************************
>>>   * The above application contains :         *
>>>   * Passenger records :<<+str(tnumber,10,0) >>  :         *)
>>>   * Total fare  :<<str(tfare,10,0)>> pence            *
>>>    ... etc
>>>
>>>ENDTEXT
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>>It works like a charm!
>>>any foxprocommand works between the chevrons (<<>>)
>>>
>>>Peter