BL> Is this a common trick, or is it unique to VB?
BV> It depends on how the product allocates it's memory. VB is
BV> dynamic and hence your buf$ = "" effectively frees the memory.
BV> Some products are static and therefor using your buf$ = "" will
BV> simply fill the buffer with ASCII spaces or place a NUL
BV> character in the first cell.
BL> How do you kill a VB buf, if you "DIM buf AS STRING * 32000"?

Here's a radical concept....Try the REDIM statement !
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