Jenny,

Sounds like it might be time to call the control vendor. Does the method have a return value you can check for status errors?

>If I do not pass the first arguments by reference a get a type mismatch error..
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>I added the code that you sent me... but the UnCompressedStr is still only filled with spaces... but the < is printed in the text box.
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>Do you have any other ideas why this might be happening?