>>>>>>>

REPLACE mMemo WITH FILETOSTR(cDocFile)

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>>
>>my code
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>>REPLACE wordin WITH FILETOSTR("c:\my documents\colinnewnotes.doc")
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>>Wordin is a memo field
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>>What I get is a lot of rubbish in wordin
>>
>>What am I doing wrong?
>
>Storing Word docs in memo fields is a very bad idea, but if you want to anyway, there are some ways:
>
>1) You can create a General field and use APPEND GENERAL (see help file)
>
>2) You can create a binary memo (with NOCPTRAN) and use the same replace you intended to use
>
>3) Save in a normal memo field but converting to base64 with STRCONV()
>
>Regards.-

Rule #1: Avoid general fields, at all cost
Rule #2: If you absolutely must use a general field, see rule #1.