READ special characters problem

Karenh

I am tring to READ a file that contains an encrypted credit card no, so it uses a string of special characters.

When Navision does the READ to a text field, it changes the value of some of those special characters. Consequently, our decrypt function does not return the expected value of a credit card no.

How do I get the READ to not change the special characters?

Miklos_Hollender

Tried it as file.TEXTMODE(FALSE), as binary data? If that would not work then INSTREAM maybe does (look it up in the help).

ta5

Could be a format problem. I guess Navision expects an ASCII-File. Be sure its an ASCII-File, otherwise translate character by character from ANSI to ASCII.
Thomas