>>I start up a form from another form and need to pass it a large amount (2-4K) of text. I then need the text returned to the calling form.
>>Do I just create a variable and pass that variable then return it? It works but is that an acceptable method?
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>Actually it doesn't work. The string is too long. Any ideas on how to do this?

If you are passing a form property directly and getting "string is too long to fit", you are seeing a bug with VFP6 pre SP3. Load the property into a variable and pass the variable.