>Yes, this is the way which would fit my purpose.
>However, I want to have a certain amount of reports stored in this file, until this file gets for example 2 MB. Then, the size would not increase anymore, appending new reports and deleting old ones automatic.
>So I have to get into this file, get it's size and delete the first lines, until the size fits again.
>I think, there must be a way to control textfiles line by line, but I never worked with this kind of files.

Yes, you may control a file line by line from VFP. Look at low-level functions (FOPEN,FWRITE,FREAD etc.).