>>>Can someone tell me, is it true that in VFP Character field alway hae a seperator like ' ' around them??
>>>If I use ALLT(textbox) is that going to give me text only or text with seperator like ' ' around it??
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>>It will give you text only. The " ' " is used to show that whatever is a character string.
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>Hi, Dorris
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>What you mean by whatever is a character string. If what you said is right, it is weird that when I pass the value of the textbox (array=ALLT(textbox)) to a e-mail program using MAMAPI. It gives me ' ' around my text. The textbox consists an e-mail address, but it won't send the mail because the address is inside a '' like ('sam@aol.com'). Obviously, there no such e-mail address.
>Let make an assumption saying it does pass the value with ('') around it, how can I get rid of that!!
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>Any idea with appreciate!!

Samuel could you show us the exact command(s) you use for the MAMAPI? Perhaps you (or your program) are putting the '' around the text at another point. In VFP you pass a character parameter with '' around it (DO MyProg with 'EMAIL') and the value arrives as EMAIL with no quotes. Perhaps this program behaves differently with parameters.

HTH
Barbara