>Chris Pereira's program took care of this problem nicely. I did find one typo >if others want to use this code. In the line > >endPtr& = startPtr& + filesize& - 1 > >the variable "filesize&" should be "fileSize&" > If you compile with _caseInsensitive , it won't be so picky about case... ~ Windows 98. Microsoft has been informed of this problem and has labeled it a "will not fix". ~ -- TJ Grant (tatewake@...) Inspired Software. http://inspired.netstreet.net/ Macintosh, Dos, Windows, and BeOS software solutions. Phone: 407-728-7563