>Hi Hilmar.
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>>Then why not just read the entire file with FileToStr()? This should work faster, and be compatible with VFP6.
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>That would work too, except you'd have to ignore some of the bytes in the header, such as the last date the file was updated.
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>Doug
Ah, I see.
Actually, I had forgotten that there may also be differences in the record order (for instance, after a COPY TO), in deleted records, or in the exact position of memo fields in the file. < Sigh >
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