Hi Folks, Thanks for the responses. Basically there were two approaches recommended: Using the DOS dir command Using fancy API stuff As it was a Sunday and I had nothing better to do I thought I'd try the API way. Managed to get it to work (I'm sure it's not the best code ever written - but since it's my first attempt who cares!). Regards Gordon Stenhouse North of Scotland Water Authority NOTE: The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not read, use or disseminate that information. Although this email and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus, or any other defect which might affect any computer or IT system into which they are received or opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that they are virus free and no responsibility is accepted by North of Scotland Water Authority for any loss or damage arising in any way from receipt or use thereof. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
