According to Chris Nandor: > > >$x = &StandardFile'GetNewFile("Select New File", "foo"); > >open (MYFILE,">$x")|| die "could not open $x"; > > >MacPerl::SetFileInfo ("R*ch" , "TEXT" , MYFILE); > ^^^^^^ > I think the third arg should be a path to a file (i.e., $x), not a filehandle. Don't you also have to close the file first? The file isn't even officially created until after it's been closed. So wouldn't SetFileInfo always bomb or at least have problems if the file hasn't really been created yet? ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch