In the script attached to my earlier message today there is a line: {ktra:[20,35,100,80], pjst:cent, onst:bold, colr:[0,24576,0], ktxt:"$str"} in which the quotes around "$str" are AppleScript *curly* double-quotes; 'option-[' (opening) and 'shift-option-[' (closing). Unfortunately MIME translates these 'curly double-quotes' to the default 'straight double-quotes', which AEBuild will reject as defective... Alan Fry ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch