You can read directly a memo field into a string variable:

MyStr = MyTable.MyMemoField

To check if a given field is a memo type, you need to use AFIELDS:

lnFieldsCnt = AFIELDS (laFields, "MyTable")

FOR I = 1 TO lnFieldsCnt
   DO CASE
   CASE laFields [I, 2] == "C"   && Character
   CASE laFields [I, 2] == "D"   && Date
   CASE laFields [I, 2] == "L"   && Logical
   CASE laFields [I, 2] == "M"   && Memo
      MyStr = EVAL (laFields [I, 1])
   CASE laFields [I, 2] == "N"   && Numeric
   CASE laFields [I, 2] == "F"   && Float
   CASE laFields [I, 2] == "I"   && Integer
   CASE laFields [I, 2] == "B"   && Double
   CASE laFields [I, 2] == "Y"   && Currency
   CASE laFields [I, 2] == "T"   && DateTime
   CASE laFields [I, 2] == "G"   && General
   ENDCASE
ENDFOR

HTH

>How could I then convert a memo field into a string?