>Works even without the TRIM. Strange though this works for me in VFP6 but not VFP7:
>
>

SELECT errors
>LOCATE FOR cError = "NoPlotFile"
>IF FOUND( )
>    MESSAGEBOX( errors.merror, 16, _SCREEN.CAPTION )
>ENDIF

>
>If I am understanding correctly it would work for you in VFP7 sp1. -shrug-

Jim,

I'm seeing exactly the same behavior VFP 6.0 SP5 that you do when displaying the text. In 7.0 SP1, for some reason it shortens it from the memo field, but displays the variable fine.