>> m.cssfx = SUBSTR(lcBuff,lnOffSet+13,1)
>> m.clast = SUBSTR(lcBuff,lnOffSet+24,20)
>
>Now I've noticed this... bytes 14-23 are skipped. As usual, when you
>convert like this, you find lots of fields in the original tables which
>are redundant, unnecessary or just plain stup... useless. I've converted
>some (Cobol) tables, where I've found Recno() (or equivalent) written
>into four different columns.
>
>> you must have SCATTERed first... did you?...rob
>
>No, no need for that. The values/vars are created exactly where you see
>them. No pre-initialization is necessary. Besides, Scattering from an
>empty target table would create blank memvars... and not nulls, which
>may be of some importance if nulls are forbidden in the table.
I said that about SCATTER, if you use low level functions..
rob