SA>> Then the fix that the other person mentioned should work.
SA>> I never had encountered that problem really :)

 FR> My ALLFIX (6.00.018) definitely strips the Ctrl-Z character
 FR> using the "filter" mechanism I describe.  I know, because I
 FR> banged my head against the wall with exactly this problem
 FR> for weeks (messages from HTick that included EOF characters
 FR> added in the FDIZ by the author).  I process the whole
 FR> filebone through here, and I know I'm seeing the same TICs.

it must be noted that there is a distinct difference between having CTRL-Z
characters in the FILE_ID.DIZ and in the .TIC file... yes, same character,
but different processing... it is likely that in your case, the CTRL-Z in
the FILE_ID.DIZ is being taken care of by your filter... as to why you're
not seeing the same problems that were described, that may be because
someone downstream of you is correcting the problem unbeknownst to you...

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