>I was confused by the function of the number at the end of the following code
>
>lcText = "This is my text"
>=STRTOFILE(lcText,'TMP.txt',1)
>
>The 1 retains what is already in the TMP.txt file so that the new text is added to what is already in the TMP.txt text.
>I just discovered that using 0 instead will write the TMP.txt anew effectively erasing the existing TMP.txt
>.... which is what I was after. Sorry the posting was a bit confused - many thanks for your suggestions.
>
>k
>
Well, yes, that was a other problem. :)
Yepp STRTOFILE(,,1) appends, while 0 or no third parameter overwrites.
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