A real mystery: put "ftp://ftp_celerlex@celerlex.com:tonx3333@ftp.strato.com/" into myURL makes a connection in a Mac compilation, but not in a Windows one. Yet, if a compare the string with the mactoISO of the string, they are identical. How come one connects and the other (Windows) does not? Any ideas or is it a bug? Thanks in advance Ton