>1. You can use ADIR() function to get a list of the files in the specified directory into array.
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>2. You can split first field into two fields 160 characters long for import and than join them again during processing. You can use a memo field to store it after processing.

Thanx for the responce Sergey...
ADIR sounds like what I want
I am on a new workstation which does not contain help files until next week

I have-to ask
When I
? ADIR(*.*)
I get 'function name is missing'
What's the correct way to use this function?

So after an FREAD() [I think that's it) I can partition the line in two and put it back together for fwrite() right?