Steve,

The data will be used to build a VFP SQL statement.

Here is my scenario:
I have two item codes one is 'SERVICES' and the other is 'SERVICESUB'.
I would like the user to be able to enter 'SERVICES' to specify that they want to extract both items or 'SERVICES ' to just extract the first.
Also, I would like their input to be stored in a file so that their criteria can be subsequently edited.


>Allan,
>
>I'm curious...what do you plan to do with this information?
>
>>IMHO, it seems like a very basic requirement to know the length of the user input.
>>I find it hard to believe that after all these years and versions of VFP that it is not available as a simple function.
>>