I probably didn't explain it well enough. It's not that the change is not getting made. It's foxpro not seeing the change. I am not updating the text file programatically, that is happening in an external application. autoCAD

I press my form button and it converts a file to a string
I then minimize my application and open the text file with notepad.
I change the value manually and save it.

I maximize my application and press my button again and the value has not changed. It is still the original value.
*&
*& Create the file!
STRTOFILE("0001","c:\test.txt")




CVALUE=FILETOSTR('C:\test.TXT')
? CVALUE
*&
*& Open the file and update!
*& use this one to open read-only
*& open c:\test.txt with notepad change the value save and rerun the above
*& 2 lines of code
*& you get the first value not the changed value

I just tested it again in the command window and a basic form. It doesn't give me the error. The error is only occuring inside my framework. Ill be contacting codemine next

Thanks