>>>I need to return the size of a character string in bytes. Is there any function that can help me accomplish this task. I've tried _STRLEN() API but i can't seem to get the correct syntax.
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>>>Any help is greatly appreciated!
>>>Thank in advance
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>>Just check field length: for characted field size=length, e.g. if length=12, size=12 bytes.
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>Does this mean that any caracter equals 1 byte. The caracters that i read come from a file. That I read line by line. If I add up all the lines I don't get the same size as the FSEEK(pnHandle,0,2) returns.

Remember that file can contain 'invisible' CHR(10)+chr(13)- linefeed and carriage return.