Appreciate the interest, and thanks for the hand with this. I've posted a new bug report (issue number: 233) with the title "Embedded NULL's" and attached a text file example.
If there's anything else I can do, don't hesitate to ask. Dave -- <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,56679,56684> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com
