Here's an uneloquent kixtart solution, removes all occurences of $string into a tempfile, meant to be renamed to original when done. Messy business...
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$filename = "test.txt"
$tempfile = "%temp%\test.tmp"
$string = ";Activate"
if exist($tempfile)
del "$tempfile"
endif
if open(1,$filename) = 0
if open(2,$tempfile,5) = 0
$line = readline(1)
while @error = 0
if instr($line,$string)
$pos = instr($line,$string)
$newline = substr($line,1,$pos)
$line = $newline + substr($line,$pos+len($string)+1)
endif
$rc = writeline(2,$line+@CRLF)
$line = readline(1)
loop
$rc = close(2)
endif
$rc = close(1)
endif
; rename tempfile to filename here
exit 1
-Shawn
