>>>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.
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>>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
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>VFP 7 help file is online at http://msdn.microsoft.com/nhp/default.asp?contentid=28000961&frame=true
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>ADIR() help is at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/foxhelp98/lraddco_22.asp?frame=true
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>>I have-to ask
>>When I
>>? ADIR(*.*)
>>I get 'function name is missing'
>>What's the correct way to use this function?
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>DIMENSION laFileList[1]
>lnFiles = ADIR(laFileList, "*.*")
>FOR i=1 TO lnFiles
>  ? laFileList[i, 1]   && File Name
>ENDFOR
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>>So after an FREAD() [I think that's it) I can partition the line in two and put it back together for fwrite() right?
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>The FREAD() function can read up to 64k characters.
>The size of the character field in the foxpro table is limited to 254 characters. The size of character variable can be up to 16 Mb.

Excellent,
Thanx Each!