>Figured it out - all it took was a little bit of investigation. I appended the text file to a table with a number of fields using:
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>Append from MyTextFile.txt type SDF - works like a charm
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>>Thanks for the response. I have never appended a table from a text file that had more than 250 characters per line. How would I go about appending a table with six 250 character fields from a text file with 1464 character lines? Any assistance would be appreciated.
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>>>John's methods will work, of course, Allan. However you might just wish to make a temporary table with 6 250 char fields. Your data will append across all 6 and you can slice/dice just as you did before.
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>>>Obviously if 250 comes in the middle of a field you can adjust it....
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>>>HTH
>>>Barbara
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Don't forget the new FILETOSTR() function if you are in VFP6. It's a nice addition.

José