>Why append to another ascii file, why not to a memo field in a table, then export that memo field to an ascii file, then Append FROM to your Table.
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>

>gnFileHandle = FOPEN("DataIn.TXT")
>DO WHILE NOT feof(gnFileHandle)
> gcString = FGETS(gnFileHandle, 1060) && or LF+CR, which ever is first
> if NOT USED('MOVEtable')
>  use movetable in 0
> endif
> select movetable
> replace line1 with gcstring
>ENDDO
>=FCLOSE(gnFileHandle)
>copy MEMO LINE1 to newfile.txt
>if not USED('NewData')
> Use NewData in 0
>endif
>select NewData
>Append from Newfile.txt sdf
>

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Hi Iain...thanks for the code... :)