>Version 8 - with full truncation!
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>This is very bizarre. I tested from the command window by opening a vcx and navigating to a record with about 5000 characters in the methods field. I typed
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>?TRANSFORM( methods )
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>in the command window and the entire contents of the methods field scrolled up on the screen.
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>What do you see if you try this?


the same - but now try TRANSFORM( methods, @T) which is what I was trying...