ok, so now I did it in VFP8 and it behaves like it should.
so obviously is something in the way 7 is set up.
Any ideas what could be?


>Sorry,
>what I'm saying is that the after selecting to the cursor the leght of the field is 40, which is fine, that's what we want.
>But when I open the cursor to browse the data the NAME field still is long, that is, I have to browse to the right to see the next field.
>
>
>>The spaces are where? Aren't you saying the length is now 40?
>>
>>>with the PADR the lengh is 40, either selecting to cursor or table, but the spaces are there.
>>>VFP 7 SP1
>>>
>>>>hmmm < scratching head >
>>>>
>>>>What if you SELECT ... INTO TABLE, open the table and MODI STRUCT. What is the width then?
>>>>
>>>>For the sake of completeness, what version of VFP and service pack? (Not that I'm aware of any differences).
>>>>