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From: Zod123
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 17:38

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You know that saying, " The only dumb question is the in one you haven't
asked"?
Well today, I'm testing that theory.

So after reading the numerous posts on the ReadExtFile function I gave it a
whirl and actually got it to work. I examined the showme file "Write.A5p"
and traced  where the text file had been imported from.  It was located in
C:\WINDOWS\A5W_DATA.
In the text string below, I am having trouble understanding the part where
it says "RecordsLocation"


RetrievedText:=ReadExtFile(RecordsLocation^"test.txt")


1. Does "RecordsLocation" mean it will default to look in
C:\WINDOWS\A5W_DATA ?

2. How would I tell it to look in C:\testfolder\readtext

3. Finally, what does that ^ symbol mean.




Ernest

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