>>>Any idea on how to write a FoxPro memo field to a text file?
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>>in VFP6, STRTOFILE(mMemoField, cFileName) works; in all versions, COPY MEMO memo field name TO file name works.
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>The real question is which is faster?

Now there you go! A REAL question of which is better. To tell the truth, I've not given it much thought. All the places I've ever had to do this were very small memo fields involved. I would imagine the size of the field could have a large impact on which way is "better". So, which way IS better, under what circumstances?