You didn't say what kind of COBOL files you are trying to access. For the most part they are just sequential files so you can use low level file i/o or you can define a VFP table in the correct format (you have to account for the filler areas), and just append from the file. I am not aware of any form of COBOL file that this would not work for.

If your file has Packed (COMP-3) or Binary (COMP) fields you would have to translate them into a PC format and then take care of business. There are several old threads dealing with Packed and Binary conversions in the archives here.

HTH.