>Anyone know how to get rid of the small square that appears at the end of each and every text file?
>
>k
>
>set alte to sample.txt
>set alte on
>? "this is a sample of the text."
>close alte
>
>modi file sample.txt
>voila:
>
>This is a sample of the text

* You can use Asc() to determine the unknown byte: 
? ASC(RIGHT(FILETOSTR('sample.txt'),1)) && says 26
* so you can use StrTran() or ChrTran() together with FileToStr/StrToFile() to get rid of the Chr(26)
? ASC(RIGHT(STRTRAN(FILETOSTR('sample.txt'),CHR(26)),1))

* Or use Text/EndText instead of Set Alternate:
Local lcContent
TEXT TO lcContent NOSHOW
this is a sample of the text.
ENDTEXT
STRTOFILE(m.lcContent,'sample2.txt')
? ASC(RIGHT(FILETOSTR('sample2.txt'),1))

hth
-Stefan