HTML # sdf

;-))

might be an issue of character encoding (utf-8 or other 2-byte characters)
pipe into a pure text file you can view with vfp editor, without any automagic help of the OS or an editor which knows about such encodings

or

try reading into a cursor of 1 col of char(249) to get an idea what vfp sees as import stream


then massage your html file

- with a smart editor for change of encodings
- vfp strconv()
- vfp LLF functions
- language with 2-byte and old 1-byte character strings

HTH

thomas
>i have downloaded an HTML file which i need to import into a table.
>when i see it in Notepad++ it shows up very clearly with a total of 27614 lines
>however when i import it into my table
>
>append from 1.htm type sdf
>
>everything is double spaced and the number of lines doubles also
>can some one help please