That's what I am trying to do,
I just have to find the line with the date in it


>If I understand correctly, you have these lines after each other in the letter:
>Date
>Name
>Address1
>Address2
>Address3
>
>If the date format is fixed, you can convert the letters, one by one, to a text file. Create a cursor with structure c(255), and append from the text file. Scan the cursor, and find the record which contains a legal date. The next record is the name you are looking for.
>
>
>>July 12, 2007
>>
>>if i can find this I would be all set, because the name and address comes after it
>>
>>Peter
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Not neccessarily impossible - though likely not to be easy.
>>>