>>I think in the help of FP 2.5, if you issue FREAD(lnHandle, 254), this will read to the end of the line. So if you code:
>>
>>lnHandle=fopen("MyTextFile.txt")
>>=fseek(lnHandle,0) && moves to beginning of file.
>>lnLines=0
>>do while !feof(lnHandle)
>> =fread(lnHandle, 254)
>> lnLines=lnLines+1
>>enddo
>>=fclose(lnHandle)
>>return lnLines
>
>Yes, but this will require a scan of the file.
>
>BTW, after a FOPEN(), aren't we at the beginning of the file?
If you know the length of the record (which you should) take the size of the incoming file and divide it by the record length. This will give you # of records.
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