Michael,
If you know how to create and play a script in Paradox, this will work
for you.
Step 1: use Tools, Import, ASCII, Text, NameOfTextFile, name the Table "Temp"
   Paradox will automatically call the field [Text], 
   and the table will only contain the one field.
Step 2: Modify, Restructure, "Temp" - add 3 new fields type A10, A20, N (I
   called these new fields First, Second, and Third, as indicated below
   in the script)
Step 3: Script, Play, Convert (the name you gave the script below)
THE SCRIPT STARTS HERE:
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EDIT "TEMP"     ; Edit a Table called TEMP
SCAN
;Now, MATCH a field named Text for the following scenaro.
x=MATCH ([Text], "..   ..   ..", a, b, c) ;NOTE the 3 spaces between ..'s
SWITCH
CASE x : [First]=a
         [Second]=b
         [Third]=NUMVAL(c)
ENDSWITCH
ENDSCAN
DO_IT!
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I tested this on a text file with the following info, and it worked.
xxxxxxxxxx   yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy   1234.567
zzzzzzzzzz   wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww   888888.88
Hope its answers your problem.
Katie
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