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>>It might just be text. try opening it in notepad
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>1-For text data this would be correct, but probably numeric data would be in binary format.
>2-If they didn't put a cr/lf at every record, how would you learn what's the record length?
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>I think he needs record template of this .dat file, or he should be try and find out...
I know the notepad thing is just a way of getting a quick handle on what might be in there.
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