Actualy his readfile() UDF is using the OPEN() and Readline() commands... so i doubt that the CPU usage will drop when dealing with such a LARGE file.

You might want to give the WSH file read utils a try.... something like this...

Code:

;this Function will load the contents of a text file into an array
Function loadfile($file)
	DIM $fso,$f,$fs
	$fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
	$f = $fso.GetFile($file)
	If @ERROR Exit(2) EndIf
	$fs = $f.OpenAsTextStream(1)
	$loadfile = Split($fs.Read($f.size),@CRLF)
	Exit(@ERROR)
EndFunction


Bryce