Jim - Thanks that fixed it. The routine worked on about 30 other fields on that form but it didn't on the memo field. Now I understand why.

Thanks again
Gaylen


>Gaylen,
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>This is how xBase compares strings, they are compared until the string on the right of the = is exhausted. When your memo is empty the right side starts as exhausted so it is equal to everything. You can fix this by doing;
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>IF NOT Edtibox.Value == Table.Memofield
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>The == is exact string comparison.