Hi Rich

Thanks for both version of your code, the VFP code I think will not help as the extra bytes are just after the header and before the data starts. Maybe I can adapt the FPD version of your code for the same.

In the meantime I had downloaded a util Hex Editor and it had allowed me to remove the 30 or so bytes just like you would in a text file, to an extent this worked, but there are also overwritten and extra bytes per record, that is one hell of a job, so close yet so far.

Any advise.

Thanks for your help.

>I'll also repeat Tore's warning..........Make backups first!!!

Yes I will take care. Clients dont but we generally do <g>.