>Something like
>

>lnStart = Thisform.Edit1.SelStart
>lcCrLf = CHR(13) + CHR(10)
>
>lnOccurence = OCCURS(lcCrLf, LEFT(Thisform.Edit1.Text, lnStart))
>
>lcCommand = STREXTRACT(lcCrLf + Thisform.Edit1.Text, lcCrLf ,lcCrLf, lnOccurence + 1,2) 
>

>
only you Sergey.. only you

cool.. so cool... but a little something leaking... the control of [;] character per line to deal with long commands

now... I'm trying to deal with that
>>
>>for instance:
>>
>>

>>LIST[CR&LF]
>>DISP MEMO[CR&LF]
>>LIST ALL FOR;[CR&LF]
>>empty(client_id)[CR&LF]
>>BROWSE[CR&LF]
>>PACK[CR&LF]
>>

>>
>>on keypress RETURN I'd like to grab the code near to left side and process it.. Exactly as the same behavior of VFP's command line window