>>>>>>>>>>>>>

REPLACE mMemo WITH FILETOSTR(cDocFile)

>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>my code
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>REPLACE wordin WITH FILETOSTR("c:\my documents\colinnewnotes.doc")
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Wordin is a memo field
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>What I get is a lot of rubbish in wordin
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>What am I doing wrong?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Because a wordfile is a lot of rubbish if not viewed with WORD or something similar? (Others say a wordfile is rubbish anyway)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>So I cant import a word doc into a memo field?
>>>>>
>>>>>Why you need to import that document into MEMO field?
>>>>>Why not just store full path to it, or copy that document into a subfolder of your data folder and store only the name of the document>
>>>>
>>>>I want to send an email with the body text containing the word document
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm not sure if you can do this directly w/o open the word and convert all text to HTML.
>>
>>OK then the word doc will have to go as an attachment as at present - disappointing though
>>
>>Thanks for all you help Guys
>
>Lets try another tack - how about printing a word doc from VFP

Again,
There is no need to store that document into table.
Use Word to open it and print it.