>Tracy,
>I think it'd be fast.
>2 things confused me :
>1) Why do you get file size (if not for something used later in snipped code)
>2) m.data = FREAD(m.handle,VAL(m.size)-7)
>Why -7 ? Wouldn't you be reading next 167 bytes ? Or is it 167 bytes including m.header+m.size?
>
>Using do case instead of if..endif would slow down a bit but might be ignorable.
>
> DO ('p_'+m.Header) WITH m.header+m.size+m.data
>
>might be ?
>
>Cetin

Actually, you are correct that it really is 167 bytes including m.header and m.size. that is why I pass all three values (m.header, m.size, and m.data) to the procedures.

Although I wish I could, I cannot do ('p_'+m.header) simply because the file may contain headers that I do not trap for and there may be NO matching procedure for that header. There are literally hundreds of possible headers but I only need to capture those relevant to our system.