I wrote: > The demo main program is also flawed. I suggest the following: > ... > // Put sample text "FB" into textHndl > SetHandleSize( textHndl, 5 ) > poke [textHndl] + 0, asc( "F" ) > poke [textHndl] + 1, asc( "B" ) > ... The demo main program is still flawed :-( That should be SetHandleSize( textHndl, 2 ) Robert P.