Hi, did you try Director's open command ? on prepareMovie open "net use x: \\yourserver\yourshare" end This will map YOURSHARE to drive X:. The only disadvantage is, the DOS black window appears when NET command is started, and it remains on-screen. Try do disable that window, and you are done. Best regards Peter Rosa [EMAIL PROTECTED] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/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!]