>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Since APPEND FROM does not work with MEMO field, I need to extract data from several .TXT files using an alternative approach. I thought of parsing the file with VFP code, loading the file into a string with FILETOSTR(). But the string is too long (the .txt file is about 6 MB).
>>>I would appreciate any suggestions?
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>>Dmitry, I would say that 6MB is a piece of cake for VFP.
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>>Do your .TXT files have a first-line header?
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>Yes, the .TXT file top line identifies the columns in the .TXT file. Are you saying that FILETOSTR() should load the entire file?

FILETOSTR() can load the entire file easily. I think I put a function to read a file with headers here at LevelExtreme, recently... and probably just one among many...