Try to make the file smaller by splitting it into parts less than a GB or so. If you have a more manageable file size you can then

- adjust the records
- try to find out if the file size was the problem or if you have some special character that causes FM to puke.

You can also try to import the file into Excel.

On 02.12.2012, at 04:14, James Babb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I'm trying to import a 5.17GB comma delimited text file. (FMP 9 or FMP 11, OSX 10.6.8)
> 
> It seems to just stop about 10% of the way in, at the same place, every time. Is there some system file size limit that I'm hitting? Oddly, Textspresso also stops reading the file at the same place.
> 
> I can open the file with TextEdit, where I can see all of the text. Unfortunately, TextEdit chokes when I try to save the file. Everything else I have chokes.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Jim Babb



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