Hey gang,

Well as I usually do before I post anything, I've searched the forums and can't seem to find what I need. I'm having a problem reading in a string from a CSV file that contains null characters. When I view the line of text in notepad it looks how I need it to look, like:
VB Code:
  1. 4005,  ,    ,      ,    ,

but when I read the file in:
VB Code:
  1. Line Input #1, InRecItem

InRecItem is eqaul to:
VB Code:
  1. 4005,,,,,

I need those positions defined in the read because my program needs to tell how many spaces are between each comma. I can't change the input file format so that isn't even an option. Is there a way I can replace the null characters w/ spaces on the read? Is there any other way I can read the file besides "Line Input" that would help me out?

Any help is appreciated......Thanks