Ravi, You can use low level functions from VC++ Runtime

DECLARE LONG  fopen IN msvcrt20.dll AS _fopen STRING @, STRING @
DECLARE LONG  fclose IN msvcrt20.dll AS _fclose LONG
DECLARE LONG  fprintf IN msvcrt20.dll AS _fprintf LONG, STRING, STRING
DECLARE LONG  fwrite IN msvcrt20.dll AS _fwrite STRING @, INTEGER, INTEGER,  LONG
DECLARE LONG  _open IN msvcrt20.dll STRING @, INTEGER, INTEGER
DECLARE LONG  _close IN msvcrt20.dll LONG

liFile = _fopen( m.lcFile, ("at") ) &&  Add text to end file
IF m.liFile>0
   _fprintf(m.liFile, "%s", m.lcText)
   _fclose(m.liFile )
ENDIF

MartinJ


>Thanks to everyone for the useful suggestions, particularly that Notepad does not keep the file open. On further testing, I found that FOPEN() with read-write option can be used to confirm if the file is not open elsewhere. I am sure that I will be able to use the suggestions to solve the problem.
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>- Ravi