Text-files don't have any special header, so this should not be the problem.

There may be a difference in the end-of-line marker. The official separator is chr(13) + chr(10). However, some programs might use only chr(13), or only chr(10).

To check this theory - or see what other differences there might be, you would need a hex editor.

I think you can find one somewhere amongst the utilities that come in the VFP directory. Or perhaps it needs to be installed separately.

Otherwise, check www.download.com - you should probably find a free hex editor there.

>I have two different utilities (one written in VFP and one written in VB) which create the same basic sequential text file. Records exported are taken from the same table.
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>When I try to import the text file from the main application, one file gets imported. Attempting the same import to the second file fails...invalid file for no apparent reason. I visually compared the files and I see no diffenrence (bytes are equal).
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>I do not have access to the source code of the two utilities...
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>Could the files be different?...and if yes, is there a tool that allows me to find the differences?
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>Thanks.