No, it dosen't work. The TEXT...ENDTEXT command doesn't have any clauses in Fox 2.6. Anything you put after TEXT is treated as a comment. You have to use SET CONSOLE OFF to supress output to the screen. Try

 CLEAR
 lcText = ''
 set textmerge on
 SET CONSOLE OFF
 text to lcText noshow textmerge
     This is a Test
         The current date is <<Date()>>
     And you can see it works.
 endtext
SET CONSOLE ON
 ? "Text:"
 ? lcText, LEN(lcText)

>Why you guys keep saying this, even after I confirmed it works? You guys do not trust me? Want a Screen shot?

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>lcText = ''
>set textmerge on
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>text to lcText noshow textmerge
>	This is a Test
>	The current date is <<Date()>>
>	And you can see it works.
>endtext
>? lcText
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>Works for me in FoxPro 2.6 DOS