Thanks, Christof,

That got it, with minimal damage to the library.

Al

>Hi Al,
>
>if you know the record, you can use
>

>USE lib.vcx
>GO whatever
>BLANK FIELD methods
>

>to clear the memo field. You would need to recreate the methods for this control though, or try to locate the code in the VCT file:
>

>MODIFY FILE lib.vct NOEDIT
>

>When you clear the methods field, you have to recompile the VCX with COMPILE CLASSLIB.