>>I am attempting to append to a DBF from an ASCII file in which the fields are delimited by the vertical bar (|).
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>>The command
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>>Append from Tabular.dat delim with |
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>>does not work; I get the first ten characters of the line in the first 10-character field, and that is it.
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>>I have sucessfully appended about a million times before, but those were always comma delimited or SDF files.
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>Tina,
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>You may want to try a global search and replace on the text file prior to the append that replaces "|" with "," using a text editor or MSWord.

Why not just use MODI FILE inputasciifilename.. has always been one of the best EDITORS available (pls not arguments! its just my opinion!) and we all know what dinosaurs' opinions are worth these days.... ;^)

obtw; check setting of Preferences under Edit pulldown to eliminate such annoying things as line wrap, autoindent, etc, etc...