>Jos,
>Textmerge would be fast but I think still Copy to is the fastest method. You could use Copy to along with "Set fields to". Here is a sample:
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>Re: Side by side comparison (strings & local data) Thread #861648 Message #865385

Although I don't see why _vfp.datatoclip(,,3) would not work in this case? Even if the first line needs to be stripped.

OTOH, Jos did say that there's some processing he needs to do while going through the fields, so this out-of-the-box automatic procedure wouldn't fit the bill.