CR between fields. Oh well I'm sure clipper can do lowlevel read with long strings. Any language could do it :) If he insists it cannot I promise to return you a 'clipper' code portion doing it. Even I could bet this would work in clipper :

handle=fopen('sometext.txt') && a text file at least 1024 chars
cStr=fread(handle,1024)
=fclose(handle)
? cStr

Cetin

>Hi Cetin.
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>Yes, I know Clipper reads Dbase dbf's. I could just as well create a dbf and put the info in fields, but the other guy wants a .txt file, with the info as a string, with carriage returns between fields. Which is the raw format of the data from a blood testing apparatus. I was hoping someone with Clipper experience could set the issue straight - the other guy is a type that I don't particularly care for arguing with..
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>Anyway, he has suggested that I remove some of the info that he doesn't need - I just think the problem rightly belongs in his ballpark and I would like to be able to tell him so.
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>Hope to hear from you again when I might have a real problem.
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>Rolf