I actually was never really sure what the @ meant since its not in the online help under @ at least. Thanks a Load!

>Nope, try the following:

>lcbuffer = SPACE(200)
>lnresult = oIni.GetIniEntry(@lcbuffer, 'Application', 'LastUpdate', 'I:\arss\ims5\ims.ini')
>IF lnresult = 0
>  ? lcbuffer
>ELSE
>  ? lnresult
>ENDIF

>Note the @ sign directly in front of the lcbuffer variable in the call. That causes the variable to be passed by reference. Otherwise it is passed by value, and can't be modified.
>
>hth,