My error I never have to go past 254.
Charles
>Chuck,
>
>254 is only the default max length returned, not the max possible length. Try this for example:
>
>fh = fopen( "c:\windows\system\vfp500.dll" )
>? fh
>x = fread( fh, 4000000 )
>? len(x)
>
>
>>The 254 lenght is the max that the low level functions will return.
Charles
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