Thanks

I suspected that the structure of the two might be different but didn't know how.

Regards
Geoff Scott

>Hi Geoff,
>
>>I notice that the toInt() function is missing and assume it converts the number into four byte integer fields.
>
>I'm sorry, here it is:
>

>*========================================================
>* Converts a number into a binary string
>*========================================================
>Function ToInt
>LParameter tnValue, tnBytes
>    Local lcString, lnByte
>    lcString = ""
>    For m.lnByte = 1 to m.tnBytes
>      lcString = m.lcString + Chr(m.tnValue%256)
>      tnValue = Int(m.tnValue/256)
>    Endfor
>Return m.lcString
>