Thanks Griff, but nope, it is not a (re)presentation thing, both Word and Wordperfect reject the file, Word says 'no data' and WP says 'unsupported file format'. Both accept the correct file without problem and merge it.
Regards, Stephan
Problem solved: turns out that Foxpro on Windows 10 automatically writes (some) special characters as double-byte characters. By replacing ÿ with chr(255) and û with chr(251) it is working again. Thanks Griff for the tip to use a hex editor!
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