Check my routine for the case i was working on;

FUNCTION GetTexto

LPARAMETERS nCode, cText

*GetTexto( nCode, cText )

*

LOCAL cTemp, lSave, nOldArea

cTemp = []

lSave = .F.

nOldArea = SELECT()

IF !USED([Texts])

  USE Texts IN 0 ORDER Codigo NODATA SHARED   

  CURSORSETPROP("Buffering",5,[Texts])

ENDIF

SELECT Texts 

SEEK nCode IN Texts

&&Read

SCAN WHILE Code = nCode

      cTemp = cTemp + Text

ENDSCAN

cTemp = cTemp + SPACE(16300 - LEN(cTemp))   && a limit

SELECT (nOldArea) 

RETURN cTemp

>________________________________

> From: Gary Jeurink <g.jeurink@charter.net>

>To: 'ProFox Email List' <profox@leafe.com>

>Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 7:44 PM

>Subject: RE: deleting a general field

>

>WHEN YOU RETRIEVE it, how do you know when you have all f it?

>

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