Look into the KB here on UT, FAQ section, WIN32API & others APIs category. There are two FAQs on how to convert and send Unicode strings in VFP.

Vlad

>BTW, has anyone found a way to send Unicode string from VFP into
>any Office 97 app? I'd be happy to do the conversion from 1250 or
>1251 into Unicode from within VFP, and not to write those ugly
>macros within Excel and Word.