Thanks for that info, Kurt. I've just started using Director again after a 2 year lay-off. Putting () after function calls is one of the things I've forgotten. Hmm. I feel like a newbie all over again. Scary stuff.
Pez > Actually, it does. The error in the above is a common one, so I thought I'd > point it out (more than once I've forgotten the parens in a call and chased > the debugger through a few loops). mMessageList is a function, not a > property. In dot syntax, you have to use parens to let lingo know that you > are calling a function: > > put xtra("fileio").mMessageList() > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]