>Ed,
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>Thanks for the code. replicate( chr(255), 4 ) works great for -1 *s*

< hanging head in shame > But I found another one where I passed a -2!



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>>Same here, however, he's using something written by somone else, and I'd be hard pressed to deny that I've never had someone pass in a -1 to do something in a .DLL that I've written...
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>>In any case, here are two functions for signed LONGs: