Thanks David,

I'll give that a whirl...

>John,
>
>FileToStr() is a new VFP6 command.
>
>For what you are doing I'd do something like:
>
>

create cursor temp ( cLine c(254))
>append from TheAutoCad.DXF
>scan
>   do case
>      case ( "Line " = cLine )
>         skip 1
>         * process the group of records
>      case ( "Circle " = cLine )
>         skip 1
>         * process the group of records
>endscan

>