>>>>>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.

Oh, sure, ne'er mind :-) Apologies to Viv