>>My code is
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>>Set Default To j:\Global\ss
>>filex=Getfile()
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>>I then select my xls file
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>>code continues
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>>SELECT globalinx
>>append From &filex Type Xls
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>>I get an error message
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>>The instruction at "0x00028100" referenced memory at "0x000000000" the memory could not be written
>>
>>What is causing this and how do i resolve it?
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>Are you sure the XLS file in question is indeed an XLS file and not something else (e.g. XLSX) that has been saved with an XLS extension?
>Are you able to open the XLS file in question in Excel? If so, how many rows and columns does it contain?
>
>IIRC a XLSX/DOCX file is essentially a PKZIP archive. If you open such a file in notepad, the first two characters will typically be "PK" (part of the "signature" that indicates a PKZIP file).

Thanks I will double check - but the file in question has loads of rows 50 or more which are not used