Michael Evans wrote: > Does this refer to the maximum number of strings in a _"STR#" resource? > or to the maximum number of strings in a string$ array (DIM > myStrings$(2049)) within a local FN? No, the String Stack is just the chunk of memory allocated for strings (or pointers to them?). So, this line of code is allocating 2k of RAM for the string stack... _FBStrStkSize = 2048 and this line 16k... _FBStrStkSize = 16384 Please, somebody expand on this and/or correct me if I'm wrong. I'm a little out of my depth here. Anders...