>>Can you send me a sample ??
>>
>>Silvio
>
>This is my modified version not using 579 but 0x204 querying file size from there :
>

>lcTemp = sys(2015)
>lcOutFileName = 'blahblah.ext'
>copy fields myGeneral to (lcTemp) next 1
>
>Hin = fopen(lcTemp+".fpt")
>hout=fcreate(lcOutFileName)
>lnSize=fseek(hin,0,2)
>fseek(hin,0x204,0) && Move file pointer to offset 0x204 where file size is stored
>lnSize = 0
>for ix=4 to 1 step -1
>	lnSize=lnSize+asc(fread(hin,1))*256^(ix-1)
>endfor
>fwrite(hout,fread(hin,lnSize),lnSize)
>=fclose(hin) and fclose(hout)
>erase (lcTemp+'.*')
>

Cetin

Also note that this might need to be rectified to use 579 instead to strip the OLE part. You should try, it has been long I didn't use/test this.
Cetin