Jud McCranie mentioned this to Ryan Potts:
 JM> I couldn't get it to work using "text".  It wouldn't compile.
 JM> When I changed to TextFile (and AssignFile, etc) it worked.  The
 JM> manual says that Text and TextFile are the same, but when I
 JM> changed TextFile back to Text it wouldn't compile.
Again, you probably have something else named Text within the scope of your 
code, probably a property of some class.  Preferencing it with the System 
unit name (System.Text) would work, although TextFile exists for this very 
reason.
                                ...Gary
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