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Old 03-16-2006
Thnks I have advised them and they will use a pipe instead, thanks
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Old 03-16-2006
Might it not be better to....

... use a character that tje user can not type? Tab, for instance. If the user does press the tab key it won't end up in the data file. I'm sure there are others as well. Years ago we used the null character.

Just a thought.
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