>I'm looking for a routine that can convert a cursor into a single string and back. See my post named "Do I need/can I use ADO" for more detail. I think I remember someone stated the existance of such routines here on UT ...

I don't understand the base question, however, if what you're looking to do is move between a VFP cursor and an ADO RecordSet, download VFPCOM from the microsoft Web site msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/downloads; VFPCOM is an automation engine that provides methods to freely convert between VFP cursors and ADO recordxsets, and also provides a means to bind VFP code to the events of ActiveX controls and OLE Automation Servers. It works with both VFP5 and VFP6.