lcData = "This is just a text" lnSize = len(lcData) lcFileStruc = Alltrim(lcFileName)+Chr(0) && "name.ext"+null char lcFileStruc = Padr(lcFileStruc,13,Chr(0)) && padded to 13 bytes long For ln=1 to 4 && now add file size as a LONG integer lcFileStruc = lcFileStruc + chr(lnSize % 256) lnSize = int(lnSize/256) EndForRegards,