I have built a program in using VC++ 6.0 that will parse out the URL's from an AOL .pfc(personal filling cabient) file. The .pfc is full of garbage(terminators, little boxes kinda looks like encryption, misc chars, and URL's) The program works just fine on most .pfc files. The problem Im having with some .pfc files are that the program will not read the entire file. I have reason to believe that my troubles lie in the eof(end of file) terminating condition. Here is the code that reads in the file char by char adding it to a string: if(! inStream.eof()) { if(! iscntrl(cSymbol)) m_strBeforeParse += (CString)cSymbol; inStream.get(cSymbol); } For some reason the eof function is returning "true" when it reaches a certain part of the file. This certain part of the file is the little boxes in the file that I described earlier as what I thought looked like encyrption. If I erase these little boxes, I can read whole filwe just fine. If anyone has any ideas Id be greatful to hear them.