Check. I'm good to go. Thanks for the roadmap ...

>Hi Ernie,
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>The help entry in 5.0 is under Technical Reference/File Structures/Table File Structure from the contents.
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>>Thanks for the tip, Ken. Your method was the one I was looking for .. i.e., using a low-level file function. I'm still on 5.0 but the method should work and I will explore further.