>well, you could use SET TEXT TO xxx and with \\
>add to a plain text file the data
> appended
> being replaced
> new data for the field.

Sorry, worked at home, and I don't get onto the internet much then.

What do you mean by this - SET TEXT TO?
VFP 6 does not have this command in the help file. It has SET TEXTMERGE, but no SET TEXT TO.
We are putting the info into a vfp table. The data could be C, I, or N.