Hi Michael, I believe it says in the documentation of the "@" that : "Be sure to use only the @ symbol when navigating between Director movies or changing the source of a linked media cast member. The @ symbol does not work when the FileIO Xtra or other functions are used outside those available within Director." So, no I don't think you can use it with Filextra. Sorry if this was already answered by somebody else, I am on Digest Steven Ophalvens Silver Soft bvba [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.silversoft.be Mobile Phone : +32 (0)477 93 32 64 [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!]