Oh. i didn't understand you the first time either.

The first thing i would do, would be to look at both text files with a hex editor. My guess is your missing some CRs, LFs. So the VB program is not able to properly parse the Java version of the file.

>>>>>Any ideas?
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>>>>What do you mean by "pass it the text file" ?
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>>>The text file name is passed to the VB executable as a parameter. That part works.
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>>So, to clarify, when you run the VB executable from Java you get login prompts whereas when running it from VFP you don't?
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>>Next question: What do you mean by 'logs in to a site'? Is it an FTP site? Does it use Windows authentication? Is the Java app using different credentials to the VFP app?
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>>Regards,
>>Viv
>Nope
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>The text file works as a 'script', for want of a better description, for the MODEM interface application. It should do the logging in, uploading/downloading, etc, logging off autmajically.
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>When I pass the VB MODEM interface application the 'script' text file that was created in VFP via the JAVA class, it does what it is supposed to do.
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>When I pass the VB MODEM interface capplication the 'script' text file that was created in JAVA, it gets so far as dialing up the MODEM site, I get the 'welcome' blah-blah, then the other site asks for Login ID and it sits there and doesn't pass in the login ID. It sits there until the other side times out and disconnects