>thanks.
>sherry
You are welcome.
Oh, there are several other alternatives, which you might consider for more complicated exportations:
set alternate to output.txt
set alternate on
set console off
scan
? (SomeText)
endscan
set alternate to
set alternate off
set console on
Another alternative is to use low-level file functions (fcreate(), fclose(), fputs()).
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)