Jon,

strtofile() and filetostr() and VFP strings easily handle binary file content.

strtofile( filetostr( getfile( "jpg" ) ), "copyofthejpg.jpg" )
_screen.picture = "copyofthejpg.jpg"

>How would I write out a binary file?
>
>I think I can use strtofile but I seem to be slow today and cant figure it out.