>Hi all,
>
>I need to access a notepad file, and then use VFP functions to sort out data from it. Could anyone tell me how to open Notepad through VFP and then how to pick out text for editing? Thanks.

What does the file look like? FOPEN etc can be way too much like work. For example:

If it look like this:

yourfile.txt

Steven      Rebello
Mike        Yearwood

There is quite simply NOTHING faster nor easier than to have a .DBF file with FirstName c(12) and lastname C(10) and

USE YOURDBF
APPEND FROM yourfile.TXT type SDF

You can then edit the contents with REPLACE commands and save the edited data back out with

COPY ALL TO newfile.txt TYPE SDF