>>>I think I've used this before. Thought it worked as expected, but why isn't this working like I expect it to:
>>>
>>>

>>>m.Notes = "  " + chr(9) + "Notes"
>>>m.Notes = alltrim(m.Notes, 0, chr(9))  && Leading spaces and tab are still present
>>>m.Notes = alltrim(m.Notes, 1, chr(9))  && Leading spaces and tab are still present
>>>

>>>
>>>Maybe something obvious I'm not seeing? Maybe I'm not awake yet? Maybe the brain is turning to mush?
>>
>>Wait a minute. AFAIK ALLTRIM() only has one param, and that's the string you want to be trimmed, front and back. What gives here?
>
>New in VFP9

Thought as much, but your message doesn't include your version; if it had I would have made that assumption.