Wow Grigore - that IS Cool - I didn't know you could do that. I ran that command you showed below - then I told VFP to just print it on the screen using "?". And, even as I type this message - this huge ton of text Continues to scroll by! And - its been scrolling by for a couple minutes now.
:-) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grigore Dolghin Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 1:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: VFP9 - neet to work with large character fields The text variable limit is way more than 254 characters. Try this line: lcString = FileToStr("c:\windows\explorer.exe") It will happy load the explorer.exe (about 2.49MB) in a text variable. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Lou Syracuse > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 7:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: VFP9 - neet to work with large character fields > > I need to work with text variables larger than 254 characters in length (vfp > limit). I am reading a text file that was converted from a landscape PDF > file, so you can imagine what the translation is like (horrible doesn't > being to describe it). > > > > I need to parse through it line by line and try to find the data I need, > remove extra spaces, etc. To add to the fun, the PDF converter does not > pad records, so each line has its own length - meaning I can't just make 2 > reads of 140 characters and use them together. > > > > Any thoughts, besides the obvious one of using a different tool? That's my > first thought, but I wanted to bounce it off the list before doing so. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > LouS > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/related > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > image/jpeg > --- > [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/289ea162f5642645b5cf64d624c66a14071a1...@us-ny-mail-002.waitex.net ** 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.
