<html><body><p>The first line in the text file is skipped:</p><FONT COLOR=#ff0000><%Set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")Set f=fs.OpenTextFile(Server.MapPath("testread.txt"), 1)f.SkipLineResponse.Write(f.ReadAll)f.CloseSet f=NothingSet fs=Nothing%></FONT></body></html>