Not sure you need that complication - does this not work:

procedure Click
replace memonote with oFrm.Edit1.Value IN MyTable

>solution found - create command button to save edit data thus
>

>
>procedure Click
>nm = oFrm.Edit1.Value 
>strtofile(nm,'m2.txt')
>replace memonote with filetostr('m2.txt')
>

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>>in the following code memonote is a memo field that is displayed and allowed edit
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>>How and where do i save the changes that are made in edit???
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>>save changes to my field memonote
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>>many thanks
>>k
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>>

>>strtofile(memonote,'m.txt')
>>LOCAL oFrm
>>
>>oFrm= CREATEOBJECT("Note")
>>oFrm.Edit1.Value = filetostr('m.txt') 
>>
>>oFrm.Show(1)
>>
>>************************************
>>DEFINE CLASS Note AS Form
>>
>>	ADD OBJECT Edit1 AS EditBox WITH ;
>>		Height= 470, ;
>>		Left= 16, ;
>>		ReadOnly= .f., ;
>>		TabIndex= 2, ;
>>		Top= 16, ;
>>		Width= 530, ;
>>		Value= ""
>>ENDDEFINE
>>
>>Public Event MouseWheel As MouseWheelEventHandler
>>
>>
>>PROCEDURE Object.MouseWheel
>>LPARAMETERS nDirection, nShift, nXCoord, nYCoord
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>>PROCEDURE edit1.MouseWheel
>>		LPARAMETERS nDirection, nShift, nXCoord, nYCoord
>>		
>>		
>>	ENDPROC
>>
>>
>>oFrm.hide(1)
>>