In Regards to your letter <v02130504ae377d2b4b71@[206.113.21.206]>: > Why does AppleScript take so long to run in MacPerl, and is there anything > that can be done about it? I believe the reason is that you are compiling, instantiating, sending, receiving, parsing, closing, freeing, and handling each of those separate AppleScripts, while AppleScript is doing it all in one shot. tim. time@ice.com <http://www.ice.com/> USENET - a slow moving self parody... ph