>Is this a bug? I'm outputting html and do not want any pretext or linefeeds. It seems VFP inserts a space between lines if the PRETEXT is set to 15 (which should be no pretext)? The code below outputs "line1 line2" (a space in between). Thanks!
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>TEXT TO m.lcText TEXTMERGE NOSHOW PRETEXT 15
>line1
>line2
>ENDTEXT
>? m.lcText
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Hmm... It probably depends on the interpretation of what that newline between the TEXT...ENDTEXT represents.

Perhaps the following might give you desired results?

SET TEXTMERGE TO MEMVAR lcText NOSHOW
SET TEXTMERGE ON
\\line1
\\line2
SET TEXTMERGE OFF
SET TEXTMERGE TO
? m.lcText