Scott Clark mentioned this to All:
 SC> How can I get around this?  I get the feeling I should be in a
 SC> loop just reading the file a line at a time and somehow using
 SC> the StrPas function to convert it to a Pascal string before adding
 SC> it to the StringList.  But How?
What version of Delphi are you using?  A loop, as you described, may be the 
best way to go, but you shouldn't need to use StrPas.  Use AssignFile, Reset, 
Readln, and CloseFile to handle the file I/O.
Or, depending on the file size, read the entire file into a stream (for 
example, an instance of TMemoryStream), manipulate the data to replace the 
nulls, then use TStringList.LoadFromStream.
Or read the entire file into one big string (Delphi 2 & 3 only), manipulate 
it, then put it into the string list with the TStringList.Text property.
                                ...Gary
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