>Nadya,
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>>Still we can not manipulate with strings > than 16MB.
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>If the files were anywhere near that big I'd probably be generating them with TEXTMERGE to avoid having the " in the file.

Hi David,

We have this situation: first we select records from our database using Query application (first step) - raw data, then we format it the way we want them - XForm application (second step), then create a text file using copy to command - Reporter application (third step), then perform Special step to remove character delimiter.
It would be quite combersome to re-write this job (third and fourth step), though it's doable. I'll think about your idea more, if it's applicable in our situation.

Thanks.