>Payback maybe? I too append into my VFP tables from text files. I have insured each text record is delimited with $, just to be safe.
>
>My code is probably not as elegant as yours... but I am still learning. I have used this for 3.5 million records. Some may say it is 'slow', but it works for me.
>
>Here is some excerpts..
>
>
>LPARAMETER lcFile
>*** lcFile is the text file....
>_SCREEN.MousePointer = 11
>
>lnHandle =FOPEN(THISFORM.cPath+lcWorkFile)
>lnPoint =FSEEK( lnHandle,0,0)
>lnCount= 0
>
>** Here is my wait window... I also have a 'blinking screen' method which adds ** a pizazz to keep the user 'occupied' (the more color, the more it is
>** working!) I use a WIN API to move the message box around a bit, here and
>** there. The 'count' process immediately below can be long.
>lcMessage = "Cross Checking Records - Upload....Please Be Patient....Counting Out "
>
>DO WHIL .NOT. FEOF( lnHandle )
> lcLine =FGETS(lnHandle)
> lnCount = lnCount + 1
> lcMessage1 = lcMessage + ALLTRIM(STR(lnCount))
> ******Show the window again spinning numbers make users feel important...
> WAIT WIND lcMessage1 NOWAIT
>ENDDO
>** Empty file trap
>IF lnCount < 1
> _SCREEN.MousePointer = 0
> RETURN
>ENDIF
>
>*** Do some stuff to set up my tables
>
>** Reset my file pointer
>lnPoint=FSEEK(lnHandle,0,0)
>
>** setup thermo...
>
>lnThermBasis = lnCount
>lcThermTitle =IIF(SUBSTR(UPPER(ALLTRIM(lcWorkFile)),1,2)"CL","Client","Product")
>lcThermTitle = lcThermTitle + " Update - Clearpath"
>lcThermTaskTitle = "Cross Checking Records - Upload"
>lcThermTaskName = "Loading From Clearpath Source File....."
>oThermo =NewObject("c_thermo_form", "class\c_object\c_object_therm",.NULL., ;
> lcThermTitle, lcThermTaskTitle, lnThermBasis, 0)
>oThermo.Show()
>
>****pick up records from text file....
>DO WHIL .NOT. FEOF( lnHandle )
> lnOnRecn = lnOnRecn + 1
> lcLine =FGETS( lnHandle)
> lcLine = ALLTRIM(lcLine)
> lnDelimit =OCCURS("$",lcLine)
> llIsError = .F.
> *** Put the data where it belongs
> *** Now, update our thermo.....
> lcThermTaskName = "Loading From Clearpath Source File.....File Number: "
> lcThermTaskName = lcThermTaskName + ALLTRIM(STR(lnOnRecn))
> lcThermTaskName = lcThermTaskName + " Of Record Count Total: "
> lcThermTaskName = lcThermTaskName + ALLTRIM(STR(lnCount))
> lcThermTaskName = lcThermTaskName + " Update Procedures."
> oThermo.therm_update(lnOnRecn,lcThermTaskName)
>ENDDO
>llClose =FCLOSE( lnHandle)
>_SCREEN.MousePointer = 0
>oThermo.therm_complete(lcThermTaskName)
>IF TYPE("oThermo") == "O"
> oThermo.Release()
>ENDIF
>RELEASE oThermo


Hi Ric,

I was thinking about the same approach, but I'm afraid, it's going to be much slower, than native append from command. I will try tomorrow (if find time, of course :)) on smaller files to see, if it's worth to code it or better just forget about it at all.

Another idea: Play an animation (AVI file) during the process. I haven't tried it yet, but I may investigate this route. May be some experts will jump into this thread.