Kenneth,
I tried your code with a sample table and text file and it worked just fine. Is there a possibility that you have the wrong table selected in your form? Or that there are triggers or other code in the DBC that is affecting the append?

HTH
Barbara

>I am trying to append records to a table from a text file using the following code:
>
>LOCAL lcFile
>lcFile = ALLTRIM(LOCFILE("Inventory.txt","TXT","Select the inventory file."))
>APPEND FROM &lcFile TYPE DELIMITED WITH TAB
>
>The APPEND FROM generates an error 36, "Command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword." I have read about issues concerning APPEND FROM and certain types of files, but thought they had been resolved in Service Pack 3. I'm using sp4. This command worked in Fox 2.6. I have tried replacing &lcFile with (lcFile) and I get the same error. Anyone have any ideas or a workaround? Thanks.