Joe,

Does FOpen("Filename, 0) do the same thing.

Will it allow you to copy the file and then operate on the copy of the file.
-myron kirby-
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>I'm trying to code a small app that gathers information from a textfile. The appliction that generates the text file keeps the file open all the time. I have sucessfully opened the file with
>FHnd=FOpen("Filename, 10) but the other app can't write to it any more part of the time, and part of the time it writes just fine.
>At any given time I can open and read the file with Notepad or MS-DOS edit. Is there another way other than fopen to get data on the fly from the file? Getting data from that file makes or breaks my app. Thanks in advance.