>>Thank you. Actually, I've applied two tests. One is from the command window to display len( _ClipText). The other is to paste the clipboard contents into an external (non-VFP) application or, as I believe you have suggested, another VFP editor window.
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>>If it's straightforward enough I'd be curious what issues you have seen with _ClipText. Would this be just with VFP 7 or earlier version(s)?
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>>Again, thank you for your generous assistance.
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>For example, If I copy following code into clipboard

DEFINE CLASS MyRightClick AS Column
>  oHookedObject = oFoo
>  procedure oHookedObject.RightClic
>     DO Menu1.mpr
>  endproc
>ENDDEFINE

and than issue ? _cliptext it displays consistently

ENDDEFINEenu1.mpredObject.RightClic

>If I paste it in the commnad or edit window window it's okey.

?strtran(_cliptext, chr(13), chr(13)+chr(10))

displays it right. Though, it is needed only for method code, because it's stored with CRs only; .prg files have LFs as well. This is more the matter of how ? command prints on the screen: the first one will print b's over the A's (not really covering the last hidden A), while the other will print in two lines. Including only LF without a CR will produce a staircase.

?"AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"+CHR(13)+"bbbbbbb"
?"AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"+CHR(13)+CHR(10)+"bbbbbbb"