>Dear All,
>
>Can anybody explain step by step how to open,read,convert a file (hex format) into readable format (ascii), or may be give some concept how to do it.
>
>Thanks,
>Andreas.

** Low Level Function

Local gnFlHndl,nSize,cString
gnFHndl = FOPEN("myfile.txt") && OPEN THE FILE
nSize =  FSEEK(gnFlHndl, 0, 2) && GET THE SIZE
cString = FREAD(gnFHndl, nSize) && READ THE CONTENT
?cString && POP THE STRING TO SCREEN
=FCLOSE(gnFHndl) && CLOSE THE FILE

You may also look STRTOFILE() and FILETOSTR() functions.