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   Michael Israel to All   
   Re: Flimport Mystery   
   17 Jan 07 13:36:02   
   
   From: mike@liny.com   
      
   Another approach is to import the file into Excel and see what appears.   
     You can use the text to columns choice in the menu and drag the ruler   
   for a fixed length file to fit the columns.   
      
   > Using PdoxDOS 4.5, trying to import a text file with 13000 lines in nice,   
   > orderly columns, 95 chars per line. This is not rocket surgery - I've been   
   > doing this for years. This time, however, I run the import and get this:   
   >   
   > Action = Overwrite   
   > 0 records processed   
   > Import Complete   
   >     1 Records Imported   
   >     0 Errors Detected   
   >   
   > Press any key to continue....   
   >   
   > Checking the resulting table, I find just one record. Makes no sense, but   
   > here's a clue. If I open the source text file (in WinEdit) and go to the end   
   > of any line (using the END key), I find I'm at column 96. But, if I use   
   > Flimport to check record length, it shows a result of 32500. Very odd. Any   
   > thoughts on this issue?   
   >   
   >   
      
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