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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>filepro 5.0.09</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I need to open a .txt file and read each line so I
can compare to an existing filepro file. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>does anyone have an example of the syntax for the
open and read commands. I cant get past two lines of code without a syntax
error. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is what I have. Syntax error at
"open"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>aa="c:/jpgfile.wri"<BR> -
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>bb=open(aa,r)<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>