Hey everyone:

Just to clear up any confusion on FTPing, if there is any left:

Any file that is not pure flat text, should be tranferred in BIN mode (binary). This mode copies byte for byte the data in the file without making changes. Thus, a file generated by EXP, an Excel spreadsheet, any executable, etc.

When transferring flat text (C, Java, C++, etc) always use ASC so that character information is properly formatted for different OS types. Esp. end of line stuff. (carriage return vs carriage return + line feed).

And with that, I think we can close this thread. Everyone's ideas were great, I appreciate all the input.

I opened a new thread that addresses other issues I've come to understand, so (as if you have nothing better to do) any of your collective inputs are welcome there as well.

Thanks again,

Greg