I tried to modify an existing application. The original programmer stores commands in a memo field, reads them in an then use macro substitution to execute them. I needed to make a change in a program and get error messages in programs that use these memo fields. The memo field has the following lines

SELE report
INDEX ON STR(YEAR(report.trans_date))+category TAG year
TOTAL ON STR(YEAR(report.trans_date))+category TO report2
SELE 0
USE report2
DO mergeyr WITH 'trans_date'
SELE rpyrly
GO TOP

I get an error on line 2, invalid sytnax or index not found. I ran a test and fined that what is happening is that line is not being read completely that is it get broken up into two lines

INDEX ON STR(YEAR(report.trans_date))+category TAG
and
year

I an not sure why. Any pointers would be appreciated (ie how would I check if there is a non-diplayable ascii character int the line, etc)