>I am trying to append a text file where fields are seperated by colon, So I try the command
>
>Append From textfiles type delimited with :
>
>However, it doesn't seem to evaluate the colon instead it take as a string and appended whole record as one field.
>
>Thanx in advance!!

Sam:

I just tried appending a test textfile with data delimited with a colon. Two common ways of doing this yielded different but unsatisfactory results.

option 1:

set delimiter to ":"
append from testfile delimited

option 2:

append from testfile delimited with :


So, this leaves a more complicated solution. Low level reading of the file and manually picking out the data between the colons (FOPEN(), FREAD(), FSEEK(), etc.)

use sometable
gnFileHandle = FOPEN('textfile.txt') && opens the text file
=FSEEK(gnFileHandle, 0) && move pointer to top of file
do while !feof()
lcString = FREAD(gnFilehandle, 254) && reads 1 full line
*
* start "substringing" your fields from lcString here
*
lcField1 = substr(lcString, 1, at(":",lcString,1)-1)
lcField2 = substr(lcString, at(":",lcString,1)+1, at(":",lcString,2)-1)
.
.
append blank
replace sometable.field1 with lcField1,...
enddo
= FCLOSE(gnFileHandle) && Close the file

There are adequate examples in the VFP help under the FREAD(), FOPEN(), etc., subjects.

HTH