>Jos, thanks for the interest in my problem.
>I am on an XPProf pc that is connected to an NT4 network, but is not really using any of the network resources for this activity. I am creating my file in vb and using an "APPEND FROM thatfile.txt TYPE delim in the statement immediately after. I am using a fairly complex "wait state" program that I got off of MSKB to halt Fox while VB runs.
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>Thanks, Randy
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>Possible suggestions from my co-workers
>1. Try another wait-state program
>2. Maybe it has to do with the pc's buffering?
Are you sure that the VB program has explicitly closed the text file before you try to use it in VFP? If not, chances are the OS won't even write the file to disk.
Regards. Al
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