If you changed the first a bit to look like a Windows .INI file, you could use the REGISTRY.PRG to read them.

[Dummy Section]
ODBC="AppTables","user","pw"
DCE =1

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>Hi all,
>
>I have an application where I'd like use a text file to store application setup values (ie: ODBC info and other application settings). I'd also like to setup a file that would hold data in the traditional column/row structure.
>
>So my setup.txt file would look like this:
>
>ODBC: "AppTables","user","pw"
>DCE: 1
>
>My other file (table.txt) would look like this:
>
>Field1,Field2,Field3
>"Record1",0,1
>"Record2",1,0
>
>How would I read these values into a FoxPro table or array?
>
>TIA,
>
>/Chris