Mark and Klaus, Yes, you are right.
put url ("binfile:" & specialFolderPath("preferences") & "/" & "mileage_prefs") does work! I will try the following Windows code again and see if it will work. The last time it did not work. IF the platform is "win32" then if there is a file (specialFolderPath(26) & "/" & "mileage_prefs") then put url ("binfile:" & specialFolderPath(26) & "/" & "mileage_prefs") into tPrefs put arrayDecode(tPrefs) into tPrefs -- now fill in all my data... put tPrefs["name"] into field "name" of card id 1002 of stack "prefs" put tPrefs["name"] into field "name" of card "one" of stack "mileage report" end if end if Thanks!! Charles Szasz csz...@mac.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode