Hello,
The chapter About accessing delimited text file data in ArcGIS Desktop Help contains a slightly wrong information:
http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?id=3047&pid=3034&topicname=Accessing_delimited_t...
Wording: "The first row of your text file can contain the column headings....."
This should be must.
The function only works if the first line contains headings OR if it is a blank line. But it won't work if it starts with data right away.
Regards,
Elmar