>>>>>>Thre's no problem if we read to CR but what if there're more than 8192 characters between CRs?
>>>>>
>>>>>there is no more than 8192 characters / line, is LEN() function could help to determine the length returned from FGETS()?
>>>>
>>>>Sure.
>>>
>>>I found that the length of record is variant, you are right it could be > 8192 bytes, It seems that no way to handle this in foxpro right.
>>>I tried STRTRAN() through copying file to memo field but got "String is too big to fit" error message.
>>>
>>>Should I look to another tool or what ?
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>>Message #1053552
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>Looks very familiar to me:) Actually that's what I meant when saying I'd write a FLL and I have one. However for one time job, I still see fread() approach sufficient and easier for any VFP coder.
>Cetin

lol
I have no doubt that it looks like familiar to you. FLL is yours but the article still is writen by Naomi :o) with all thanks to you.
I never handle this huge files so I still use F...() functions, even FILETOSTR() and manipulate returned string with string functions, so I couldn't be expert here in this thread. But it is good to know that there is a FLL that could make your life easier :o) Thanks Cetin.