I have never done a UDF in a report before. In the reportfield expression I would

DO smarttrim_it in smarttrim.prg with subdivsn, phase_unit, lot, block

Does that seem correct?

Brenda

>Hi Brenda,
>
>In this situation I would create a little UDF to give me, what I want. You can >place UDF at the same directory with the report, so it would be always visible.
>
>Take a look at txtwidth function, it seems to be handy here.
>
>Good luck!