Thanks both of you for your answer, I found the problem, for a reason that
I don't know, the file was really a long line. It did not have a single
character return!!, I downloaded it again and life is beautifull once more.
Thanks again for your help.
>You can append the entire file into a memo field of a temporary cursor. Do some strtran()'s on the weird characters. Save it back out and try to import it.
>Following prg changes a text file from one codepage to another. You can do something similar but instead of using cpconvert do a strtran.
>
>parameter p_filename,p_origcp,p_newcp
>
>*
>* Program to cpconvert a file
>*
>IF PARAMETERS() = 1
> p_origcp = 437
> p_newcp = 1252
>ENDIF
>m.tmparea = select()
>CREATE cursor pg_temp (final M(10))
>SELE pg_temp
>APPEND blank
>APPEND memo final from alltr(p_filename)
>replace final with cpconvert(p_origcp,p_newcp,pg_temp.final)
>m.tmpsafe = set("safety")
>SET SAFETY OFF
>copy memo final to (p_filename)
>IF ALLTR(UPPER(m.tmpsafe)) = "ON"
> SET SAFETY ON
>ELSE
> SET SAFETY OFF
>ENDIF
>use in pg_temp
>SELECT(m.tmparea)
>return .t.
Luis Guzman, MCP
"The only glory most of us have to hope for
is the glory of being normal." Katherine Fulleton Gerould