Hi Nick,

If you're using 6.0 you can also use the new FileToStr() and StrToFile() functions to do this from within VFP.

>Hi All,
>
>I have the problem with concatenating the files which I get from REPORT FORM... TO FILE. What I need - to send the output to files, and then give the resulting file to another department to print on the mainframe printer.
> REPORT FORM ...TO FILE ADDITIVE works only with ASCII clause. If I try to concatenate files with the DOS COPY command - the resulting file somehow looses the info
>
>COPY file1.prn + file2.prn myreport.prn
>with file sizes 51 K and 46 K gives the resulting file of 19 K in size.
>
>For now I try to produce the resulting file with low-level file functions, but it is just overhead.
>Anybody has any ideas?
>
>Nick