Chris,

Just as another alternative. TEXTMERGE doesn't suffer from this problem and I think is a better solution to create files than SET ALTERNATE

TAB = chr(9)
SET TEXTMERGE TO C:\OUTPUT.TXT
SET TEXTMERGE ON NOSHOW

\TEXT1<<tab>>TEXT2<<tab>>TEXT3

SET TEXTMERGE OFF
SET TEXTMERGE TO

You can also do it as one expression

\<< 'TEXT1' + CHR(9) + 'TEXT2' + CHR(9) + 'TEXT3'>>

>[VFP7] I have some code that creates a text file as its output. I need to insert tabs in between sections of text, so I used the following code:
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>SET ALTERNATE TO C:\OUTPUT.TXT
>SET ALTERNATE ON
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>? 'TEXT1' + CHR(9) + 'TEXT2' + CHR(9) + 'TEXT3'
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>SET ALTERNATE OFF
>CLOSE ALTERNATE
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>When I read the output file, instead of finding true TAB characters, it has spaces in it that imitate the tabbed columns.