>Try FGets(InputFile, nBytes), where nBytes is the maximum length of a line.

Maximum of 8192 bytes, at least for VFP6 SP3, that is.

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>HTH

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>Reading a "lowlevel" file from a unix server. It needs to be opened and looped through the EORs until it gets to the useable data:
>>When i ..
>>mybuff=fgets(InputFile)
>>fputs(OutPutFIle,myBuffs)
>>
>>EORs are being inserted at the 254 character position. Eventually the data will be appended delimited to a DBF.
>>
>>Thought about STRTOFILE and FILETOSTR, but have not figured as to how (with the need to clear all the chaff before I get to the money data)!