Ken

Thanks for the help - I'll give it a try

Regards

Chris

>Hi Chris,
>
>Have you tried using the VFP6 StrToFile() function?
>
>>Hi all
>>
>>I'm having a few problems dumping information from a table to a text file. The first couple of lines in the txt file need to be header data, while the rest is just info dumped from a table:
>>
>> SET TEXTMERGE TO filename.TXT NOSHOW
>> SET TEXTMERGE ON
>> SELECT table
>> GO TOP
>> \<<'"3A"'>><<','>><<'000000'>><<','>><<'0000'>> etc etc
>> \<<'"3B"'>><<','>><<'000000'>><<','>><<'0000'"'>> etc etc
>>
>> DO WHILE .NOT. EOF()
>> \<>
>> SKIP
>> ENDDO
>>
>>The problem is that the header lines are about 500 characters, and while I can get the first line in the text file ("3A") - when I try to include the second line ("3B"), the system hangs itself. I've tried to use the @SAY command however this says that the string is too long.
>>
>>Does anyone know if there are limitations (eg string length) on using the "\" command??
>>
>>Any help, comments would be appreciated!
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Chris Kable
>>FuelTrac