I have these things stored as .dat files. How do I open them?

I know, I'm pathetic

You can open them in Notepad. If the LAR files are in the submission format then you will just see a long line of numbers.

If you intend to use the data then you will need a program that seperates the fields and reformats the file to something you can use like an Excel file.

Call me if you need help doing that

I realized I didn't thank you. So....

Thank you, Don! (stupid nosy auditors! )