Tom -

This worked.  Thanks!

On 9/14/2020 9:02 PM, Tom Krieg wrote:
> Try casting the data as a memo
> 
> var mDate as memo
> mDate = memo(" " + string(today())
> 
> On 15/09/2020 12:57 am, Kevin Baker wrote:
>> on a form I have a memo field (isn't NOT a formatted memo, just a plan 
>> memo field)
>>
>> in code I have the following (on a test button)
>> var
>> vMemo memo
>> endvar
>>
>> vMemo = myMemoField
>> vMemo = vMemo + " " + string(today())
>> myMemoField = vMemo
>>
>>
>> When I check the syntax, I get Error: Incompatible types
>>
>> so I tried this
>> var
>> vMemo memo
>> vStr string
>> endvar
>>
>> vStr = string(today())
>> vMemo = myMemoField
>> vMemo = vMemo + vStr
>> myMemoField = vMemo
>>
>> same error.
>>
>> Anyone got insight into this.  I just need to add todays date at the 
>> end of the memo field.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kevin
>>
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