>>>>>What do you see if you open input file using MODI COMM ?
>>>>the files are empty?!?
>>>
>>>Input file is empty? If it's empty what are you processing? Can you send me input file?
>>Destination File is empty - Input file I sent ya.
>
>Hi Ed,
>
>I copied code from your Destiny procedure to the separate program, changed file names and ran w/o any problem. It created exact copy of the input file. Maybe you're looking into wrong output file?
>The line

gnFile = FCREATE('c:\'+cDestDirect+'\'+laFileList[i, 1]+cFileExt)

creates file with 2 extensions like
FILENAME.TXT.000 I don't mind
>Can you SUSPEND program just befor DO WHILE and trace it?

Thanx Sergey,
I'm going to take it home and give it a try there.

Have a great weekend

Ed B