Hi Jim,

See Tab character conversion Message #544439 for explanation and workaround.

>Hi All,
>
>For some reason in VFP7 SP1, the tab character (CHR(9)) is being converted to spaces when output using the SET ALTERNATE TO command. Actually I have noticed that it's tabbing to a specific column (like in Word).
>
>How do I force VFP to just output the tab character?
>
>Here's my code:
>
>SET ALTERNATE TO ("log.txt")
>SET ALTERNATE ON
>?"XXX" + CHR(9) + "YYY"
>?"A" + CHR(9) + "B"
>SET ALTERNATE OFF
>SET ALTERNATE TO
>
>This generates the following output
>

>XXX     YYY
>A       B
>

>
>I have made sure that the "Keep Tabs" option is selected in the Options | IDE tab for text files.
>
>TIA.
>
>Jim Underwood

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