It looks as if you has omitted to tell Quad to open the work file unnumbered. Try adding :u to the end of your text command. -----Original Message----- From: Rick Clark [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 2:20 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: KSAM problem - I have a problem I have not run across before and I'm not sure what is happening. Here is my dilema..... There is a KSAM file that we use to keep letter text in. There is one key field, the letter name in position 73, and the rest is just text with field inserts. When we make changes to letters we build a work file, extract the letter using FCOPY into the work file, make the changes in the letter text, then FCOPY back into the KSAM file. When I FCOPY from the KSAM file, the line numbers in the work file are not the same as they are in the KSAM file and this causes the line (record) to be too long which drops the last few characters of the key field. FILENAME CODE ------------LOGICAL RECORD----------- ----SPACE---- SIZE TYP EOF LIMIT R/B SECTORS #X MX LEF100 KSAM 86B FA 9734 10000 1 3376 1 8 Here is the file in quad...NOTE THE LINE NUMBERS IN THE FILE The key field is LTD00002 /l i "ltd00002" 8593 \FORMAT; DEJUST ON LTD00002000031 8594 A lawsuit is being filed against you in the above-captioned matter. LTD00002000032 8595 This law firm is attempting to collect the debt for the creditor shown LTD00002000033 8596 above and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. LTD00002000034 8597 The balance listed above may change daily if interest is accruing. LTD00002000035 8598 If you wish to resolve this matter without the necessity of a conteste d LTD00002000036 8599 lawsuit and possible post-judgment legal proceedings, you may make LTD00002000037 8600 arrangements for liquidation of the balance due and owing by contactin g LTD00002000038 8601 this office to make amicable arrangements for payment of this claim. LTD00002000039 8602 LTD00002000040 8603 In the event a judgment is rendered against you, the following LTD00002000041 8604 post-judgment proceedings among others may be instituted: LTD00002000042 When I extract using FCOPY into a work file, the line numbers are different. BUILD WORK3;REC=-86,1,F,ASCII FCOPY FROM=LEF100;TO=WORK3;SUBSET="LTD00002",73 2000.031 \FORMAT; DEJUST ON LTD000 2000.032 A lawsuit is being filed against you in the above-captioned matter. LTD000 2000.033 This law firm is attempting to collect the debt for the creditor shown LTD000 2000.034 above and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. LTD000 2000.035 The balance listed above may change daily if interest is accruing. LTD000 2000.036 If you wish to resolve this matter without the necessity of a conteste d LTD000 2000.037 lawsuit and possible post-judgment legal proceedings, you may make LTD000 2000.038 arrangements for liquidation of the balance due and owing by contactin g LTD000 2000.039 this office to make amicable arrangements for payment of this claim. LTD000 2000.04 LTD000 2000.041 In the event a judgment is rendered against you, the following LTD000 2000.042 post-judgment proceedings among others may be instituted: LTD000 Notice the key field is now 'LTD000' Why is that? What is causing FCOPY to assign new lline numbers? How can I use FCOPY to extract the key items without numbering in this fashion so I don't lose the key field that starts in column 73?? Thanks in advance for any help. Rick Clark Senior Systems Analyst WW&R Cleveland, Ohio