>I am required to match the format of an existing CSV.
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>It has pound signs #,/ and hash marks in field names. Those aren't permitted in a foxpro cursor.
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>The only method I can come up with for creating those is to use low level file functions to modify the CSV after creation.
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>Since I can't do a
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>Select mytable.fileno as 'file #' from 'mytable' into cursor mycursor
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>because the # sign is not allowed.
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>IS there an easier method or do I have to use FWRITE etc.... to make the changes after creation.

Yes, you'll have to post-process the file, but no, you don't need to use LLFFs. Create the file, then read it in as a string with FileToStr(), use StrTran() to make your changes, and write it back out with StrToFile().

Tamar