First idea: put your text in a table, even if it is a one field, one record table called ReportText. Then you can change the text without recompiling the program. Bad idea to hardcode stuff.

Second idea: What about
mText = "blah blah " + ;
"blah blah " + ;
(etc.)

Third idea: Run the report with Trace, Debug, Watch, and Locals open. Is the variable possibly out of scope?

Fourth idea: Make your variable temporarily very short (2 or 3 words) and your field very large. This will make sure you don't have size/trim problems.



>>Hi Timothy,
>>
>>I'm assuming you're using a standard VFP report form, and placing the paragraph in a character field or character variable.
>>
>>In the Report Expression dialog, make sure the "Stretch with Overflow" check box is selected. That will make certain that the text field in the report expands to encompass the contents of its expression.
>
>I created a variable in the report called "mtext". Just b4 the report prints, I have this statement:
>mtext= "Material received in this shipment was not identified in a;
> purchase order or other internal auditable document. Therefore, the;
>etc
>etc
>etc"
>then I have
>repo form somerpt to prin
>but the variable comes out "ZERO" "0"