>Why does the caption only display the first four characters when adding a label dynamicly? When I hard coded (as a test) a string of 20 characters for the caption only the first four displayed. It has got to be something simple.
>lnWidth = LEN(lcText)

Width is in pixels, not characters. Use AutoSize for the simplest way to get your label the right size, or you can mess aruond with TxtWidth() and similar functions.