>I am trying to add text to an edit field.
>
>Normally, I do this:
>temp$ = EDIT$(1) + theText$
>EDIT$(1) = temp$
>
>------------------------
>
>I do this because the following code is invalid:
>EDIT$(1) = EDIT$(1) + theText$
>
>------------------------
>
>But in doing the mentioned code, edit fields cannot exceed the length of 
>a string (256 characters). What can I do to get around this?


TEKEY$ = theText$
will put theText$ into the active edit field at the insertion point.


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