>That's not unexpected since VFP opens the file for every record, it was more to check the concept. Try this instead:
>

>Create Cursor BILLCOMPRESS (PS C(254))
>Append From (m.CPSFILEPATH) Sdf
>lcText=''
>scan
>   lcText = lcText + trim(ps)
>Endscan
>Strtofile(lcText,newpath)

Yuck - if Len(lcText) grows much beyond 2**16 you will hamper vfp heavily by forcing to allocate new memory. Turn to LLF instead, more stable overall.