>Here's the follow up to my previous enquiry
>I want to define the width of my temp window to match the longest sentence in this sample 3 line message
>In this case for example I need the code query to produce the number 31
>
>mes = 'I need the greatest line length'+chr(13)+chr(10)+'Of this 3 line message'+chr(13)+chr(10)+'any suggestions??'
>
>then I can use that length to define the width of the window that will open.
>(I hope i'm not regressing your coding experiences too far back.)
>

The easiest way to break up a multi-line string is with ALINES(), which puts each lines into an array element.

Tamar