Actually I found the problem in my code; it has been a while since I did low-level file IO in VFP. FGets() returns a maximum of 254 characters by default, I neglected to add a length parameter thinking it would just read until the next CRLF no matter how far along it is.
I'm about 2/3 done writing it in .NET, not sure if I will continue down that path or not now that I know the answer. Thanks for the info! Lou -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 11:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: VFP9 - neet to work with large character fields Yup, maybe the OP was thinking of the field size limit. On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:24 +0300, "Grigore Dolghin" <[email protected]> wrote: > The text variable limit is way more than 254 characters. > -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/00a601cb2902$3c402020$b4c060...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

