Hello! I use relative path because I don't want take care about where is my program reside. But anyway, feel free to drop me line at mindripper@iname.com and I'll take a look on your code. Have a happy day Vladimir Shevchenko > Yes, I use relative paths, but I'm not sure why. My program (in compiled > form) shouldn't have to look for ANY external files, since all of my > them externally, and fails. Any volunteers to look at a snip or 2 of my > code (that is if you didn't see it yesterday when I posted it to Edward)? > Thanks >