>>>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
>
>Would it break with 2GB?

You're welcome to try and let me know

I've never built an exe/app that is more than 2 Gb