In message , Stefanie
 writes
>file they have the same lenght). Is it possible to use the lenght i obtain from
>reading that other file to
>declare my variable or are there
>other possibilities.

Off the top of my head. You can define a dynamic array within a user
defined type:-

Type mytype
  ....
  mystring()
  ...
End Type

You can then set the size of mytype.mystring using:-

Redim mytype.mystring (Len(inputstring))

However, you may be storing up trouble if you want to use random access
on the resulting file. Where do you seek to for a new record?
HTH.

Regards

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Martin Trump
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