Colin,

There's no such limit on VFP string variables. They can be over 16Mb in size.

>Hi
>
>I am required to produce a csv file containing
>
>header record length 60 chars
>detail length upto 500 characters
>detail length upto 500 characters
>detail length upto 500 characters
>header record length 60 chars
>detail length upto 500 characters
>
>
>etc
>
>I can do this with low lever writes which works fine. My only problem is how can I create a string over the VFP limit of 254 characters?
>
>Colin Northway