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

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

Again, if you want it as attachment you need physical file,
so you don't have to store it into a table.