Subject Re: importing text file programmatically From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Tue, 8 Feb 2022 16:53:02 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2022/02/08 16:22, Emeka Ossai wrote: > Hi all, > > lHow else can I import text file to allign well on dbase table. The below syntax is not aligning properly. > > what am using > > use custodian > fileName = getFile("*.txt", "Select text format file...PLS BE SURE THIS IS TRADING TXT FORMAT") > APPEND FROM &filename sdf > > Emeka Although there should be no fomatting in a .txt plain text file it sounds as if the text in the text file is written using a proportional font. Unless there is confidential information in the text files please post a file here together wit the structure of custodian.dbf. Mervyn.