Has anyone run into a problem with VFP "skipping" empty tab-delimited fields when using an append from command? I have a file where just a few records are not importing properly and see that the file has three empty tabs in a row and VFP simply moves to the next populated field and starts populating away from there!

There is another instance in the file where there are three similar blank fields (toward the end of a record) and it imports just fine with empty fields. I've looked at the file with the "show whitespace" and also with Word in show formatting codes mode. I see no difference in the file points that work with the ones that dont.

I suppose I can scan down the file looking for two simultaneous tabs, inserting a space between them (hopefully that will work), but seems like such an obvious thing that should just work.

Has anyone else run into this problem?