Perusing through the pod with my MacPerl, I noticed under dialog manager that... <snippet> Access to Inside Macintosh is essential for proper use of these functions. Explanations of terms, processes and procedures are provided there. Any attempt to use these functions without guidance can cause severe errors in your machine, including corruption of data. You have been warned. </snippet> I don't have that access. Is there a simple way to get just a simple 'askfile' (as we said in HyperTalk) dialog box? Maybe that's it! I'll go try that while this goes to the list. Jason ------------------- Jason White <Insert Title Here> jason.white@usu.edu ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch