>Hi Fred,
>
>OK...i know and i can expand the varchar to 500.
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>But when i read the code that i store in, the TEXTMERGE don't read it like it read in a memo field.
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>Because i read it and then create a MENU and pass the code to the command field to execute.
>
>Joao batista

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