First of all, Thanks to all who answered my questions about "parsing accented data", especially Bart Lateur. I am about to find a way to solve my problems, thanks to all the examples and code snippits you've posted. I'll let you know what I came up with when I am finished... In the meantime, here is another small questions about MacPerl's Mac standard dialogs: is it possible to add a prompt (like "Choose the file:") to $filename = &MacPerl'Choose(&GUSI'AF_FILE, 0, "", ""); like in $folder = &MacPerl'Choose(&GUSI'AF_FILE, 0, "Choose a folder:", "", &GUSI'CHOOSE_DIR); I couldn't find it in the docs and all what I've tried failed... Thanks again. Stephane ___S__t__e__p__h__a__n__e______J__o__s__e___ jose.stephane@uqam.ca http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/m206474/