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I write to a file opened as:-
OpenFile(#DATNUM, "Name.dat", #PB_Ascii)
character by character using:-
WriteByte(#DATNUM, Asc(aCHAR))

I read it with:-
ReadFile(#DATNUM, "Name.dat", #PB_Ascii)
character by character using:-
aCHAR = Chr(ReadByte(#DATNUM))

Why am I not getting the high ASCIIs as single bytes below 255?

In the following short test extract the 'h' characters have been replaces with chr(209) which should be Ñ but this is how it reads back from the file:-
1 32
2 A 65
3 n 110
4 o 111
5 t 116
6 ￑ 65489
7 e 101
8 r 114
9 32
10 t 116
11 e 101
12 s 115
13 t 116
14 32
15 ￑ 65489
16 e 101
17 r 114
18 e 101
19 32

Regard,

Use ReadAsciiCharacter instead of ReadByte.

Byte is signed and Ascii is unsigned.

Silly me!

Shows how rarely I use Purebasic!

Many thanks to both of you.