George:

You are probably 100% correct, but it doesn't matter one iota. The solution that you gave me to save the long file name through WINMM.DLL worked splendidly. I can now save long file names with spaces. This is a much better solution then the one that I was striving for. Much much better. Thank you a whole bunch.

Could I impose on you a little more. I noticed that you wrote:

mciSendString(@SendString,"0",0,0)

and my code was:

mciSendString(&SendString,"0",0,0)

Could you explain why you used the @ symbol and what the difference is between the @ symbol usage and the & symbol usage?

Thanks, a very excited and happy camper.

DJ :o)