Jeff810095@... wrote:
> 
> Can anyone ansewer my original question?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Do these two functions work with the entire ASCII character set? [barring any
> known bugs in FB]
>           READ#1, rectRecord$;1
>           PRINT#2, rectRecord$;
> 

I would say yes (try this in the Console):

LOCAL FN SaveFile(fName AS STR63, vRef AS INT)
DIM AS INT    i
DIM AS STR255 theStr

DEF OPEN "TEXT"
OPEN "O",1,fName,,vRef
FOR i = 0 TO 255
theStr = CHR$(i)
//WRITE#1, theStr;1
PRINT#1, theStr;
NEXT
CLOSE #1
END FN

LOCAL FN ReadFile(fName AS STR63, vRef AS INT)
DIM AS INT    i
DIM AS STR255 theStr

OPEN "I",1,fName,,vRef
FOR i = 0 TO 255
READ#1, theStr;1
PRINT ASC(theStr)
NEXT
CLOSE #1
END FN

FN SaveFile("Test",SYSTEM(_aplVol))
FN ReadFile("Test",SYSTEM(_aplVol))

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Alain

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