>Hi Gregory
>
>>(1) with fopen/fcreate + fread/frwite
>>(2) StrToFile(FileTostr("EMBEDDED" + lcOrigReportName)), lcSeleReport)
>
>Thanks the 2nd option fitted the bill as essentially it is a text file. What limits, if any, can we run using this?


no practical limits see http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~StringLength~VFP