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May 15th, 2007, 06:06 AM

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Help. How to save and retrieve text from .dat file

Hello everyone,
I need help on how to save and retrieve text from a .dat file.
Thank you.

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May 15th, 2007, 11:45 AM

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A file with a .dat extension could be anything, given what process wrote it. What is the origin of this file?

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