Inside your MacPerl-Folder you will find: :t:mac:StandardFile.t Study the code and play arround with this test-script and your questions should be answered explictly. HTH, Andreas Marcel >I'm sorry, I know that this is very basic, but I'm totally lost with this one. >How can I do a standard file dialog to choose a file and get back the result >in a variable. Please be kind and explicit. I have the same question for directories. >Thanks. ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch