here is my sample script. The problem is that he script continues evaluate the block as objects instead of strings. Someone tell me how to get the correct URL out of this instead of ftp://?object?:?object?@?object? which should be ftp://administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------- REBOL [] view layout [ backdrop 0.128.0 title "Pauls FTP Access" 255.255.0 host-addr: text "Enter Host Address" field "127.0.0.1" login-name: text "Enter Login Name" field "administrator" Pass-word: text "Enter Password" field "whatever" button "Convert to string" [ host-addr2: to string! host-addr login-name2: to string! login-name Pass-word2: to string! Pass-word ] button "test" [ print type? host-addr2 print type? login-name2 print type? Pass-word2 ]