If I do this on Win98 it works: get pathToMyFile() -- returns "C:/My Documents/myfile.txt" open file it write "1234" to file it close file it But if I do this, I get "can't open file": get pathToMyFile() put "1234" into url ("file://"&it) Why? -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com