>Sorry, I didn't get what you meant. Could you explain how "copy to" could replace a ; lcS = lcS + thisfield? inside a scan/endscan? Thanks.
>
>- Mari

Ok, it was late and here's some code I just ran.

set safe off
set talk off

close all

# define crlf chr(13)+chr(10)
fhandle=fcreate('c:\x.txt')
if fhandle<0
wait window "Cannot open file" timeout 5
return
endif

use D:\PROGRA~1\DEVSTU~1\VFP5\SAMPLES\DATA\ORDERS shared
go top
start=seconds()
lctext=''
scan
*fputs(fhandle,name+type)
lctext=lctext+(to_name+to_address)+crlf
endscan
=fclose(fhandle)
end=seconds()
totaltime=end-start
go top
start=seconds()
copy fields to_name,to_address to c:\y.txt
fhandle=fopen('c:\y.txt')
fsize=fseek(fhandle,2)
topoffile=fseek(fhandle,0)
lctext2=fread(fhandle,fsize)
=fclose(fhandle)
end=seconds()
totaltime2=end-start
fhandle=fcreate('c:\results.txt')
fputs(fhandle,version())
fputs(fhandle,' lctext method '+str(totaltime,10,4))
fputs(fhandle,' copy to method '+str(totaltime2,10,4))
fclose(fhandle)
modi comm c:\results.txt
close all


* My results on a Pentium II 300 with 64 meg ram NT workstation 4 spk3




Visual FoxPro 05.00.00.0415 for Windows
lctext method 1.1100
copy to method 0.0150


Visual FoxPro 06.00.8141.00 for Windows
lctext method 0.0310
copy to method 0.0160