>>>>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.

Actually it was not Viv's message, it was mine. I did use the Version and OS comboboxes, but I previewed before sending. I've just run a couple of tests. Turns out that going through a preview causes the loss of the data in the Version and OS comboboxes.