This may sound trivial, but the most logical explanations would be that sttUser.strNote contains an empty string or that some other statement overwrites the Body property with an empty string.

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> Hi, all! Trying to locate an answer as to why attempts to write info to the
> .Body property of the ContactItem object (CreateItem method) is failing...
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> Thoughts? Thanks!
> Jack