>>Paul,
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>>Can you use the LLFF to read the files and make any sense out of the data? Some of it may be binary so some conversions would be needed. You can use the hexedit.app to browse the file to see it's structure.
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>>You might be able to print reports to files that you can import more easily.
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>>>I am trying to import some data from a clients old system. It is called TSK from a company called Streamlined Information Systems. It is an old DOS program (copyright 1992) and doesn't store it's data files in a format that I recognize. The extension is .FIL. Does this mean anything to anyone or does anyone have tips for trying to get this data? It isn't stored in a flat ascii format and the software doesn't appear to have an export utility.
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>Thanks for the suggestions. I was told that there weren't any reports we could use, but it turned out that while they were a bit buggy, we could create a custom report with the fields we needed and send it to dos, so fortunately we didn't have to try to drop down to the file level. I did pull the file up in the hex editor, and while I could identify individual records, there was no header information and much of the info was stored in hex. There were about 80 fields so finding the right ones would have been a real pain.
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>By the way, probably a stupid question but what exactly is "the LLFF"?
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>Thanks again,
>Paul

Low Level File Functions

FOPEN, FCLOSE, FREAD, FWRITE, etc.