> >Nope. Maybe I got the resource wrong? The first 8 bytes are: > >3FF199999999999A > >for the first number, 1.1 > >If I knew how to write a double to a resource, maybe that would help... Those 8 bytes are indeed 1.1 in PPC (but not in 68K): dim myH as handle myH = fn NewHandle( sizeof( double ) ) myH..nil& = 0x3FF19999 myH..4& = 0x9999999A print myH..nil# Robert P.