yep - have used the strtrans() to get rid of those ugly rectactangles in a lot my programs.
k

>>that did it!!! thanks hilmar.
>>k
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>Good. Chr(13) + chr(10) is the standard combination for end-of-line in Windows and DOS; unfortunately, other systems use other combinations. For Excel Automation, I had to use chr(10) only, if I remember correctly - the chr(13) shows up as a big ugly rectangle.