>>Simply pass the string by reference once it's built. Be sure, in the declaration, to indicate it as such (using the @ symbol).
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>>I haven't played with this function, but I'd be interested in hearing about the results.
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>George,
>We have a success on our hands, what you have to do is convert all the type long fields in the struct to a string, and obtain a pointer to ( using the pointer classes in my case ) the string fields, concatenate the fields and you're in business. I enclose a sample VFP program for your observation

Pete,

Glad to help and thank you. I've already copied the code into a prg. Can't wait to play with it.