Harry,

MessageBox( "   this is   " + chr(13) + "a test" + chr(13) + "      does it work like one would expect it to work?" )

Retains all spaces for me. You should note there is a finite size limit to the string that can be displayed in MessageBox().

>Mine is also vfp6 sp3, but as I just told Rob, my trailing or leading spaces are being chopped out.