Try

Thisform.edit1.value = FILETOSTR("myfile.txt")

>Hey thanks for the tip!
>We have a TXT file in our VFP Project under OTHER:TEXT FILES.
>We want forms to be able to pull up the info in it for display (more then 256 characters). The file will not be located on the users C:\ either, its just in the project (so it should be in the EXE compile).
>
>How do we do this? THANKS!
>
>>Use FILETOSTR() to read the file into a variable or property, then set that as the ControlSource of an Editbox.
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