Hi All,

The mist has cleared and all is well, I've finally managed to sort it.

Thanks again for the help.

Jon

>Jon,
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>strtofile() and filetostr() and VFP strings easily handle binary file content.
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>strtofile( filetostr( getfile( "jpg" ) ), "copyofthejpg.jpg" )
>_screen.picture = "copyofthejpg.jpg"
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>>How would I write out a binary file?
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>>I think I can use strtofile but I seem to be slow today and cant figure it out.