>I have used memo fields since 1990 and never a problem. I have had VFP corrupt my form/visual class files occasionally and trashed the memo file. I think most of the problems are around buffering (power failures or shutting down the PC via off button abruptly), virus protection and server issues.

Actually the vcx/scx corruption has an explanation. Let's say you for instance open a form in the IDE and do a few changes. If you then open a second VFP session and open the same form, you will most likely end up with a corrupted scx, or with most of the code gone..