Subj : Re: filemode To : Jasen Betts From : Chris Hoppman Date : Thu Jul 08 2004 04:16 am JB> CH> var JB> CH> Buffer : array[0..1023] of ^TBuffer; JB> CH> PBuffer : PChar; ended up doing it like. type BufferArr : array[0..1023] of char; {1024 pascal writes smoother with that} var Buffer : ^BufferPtr; Then just not reset(tbufferfile,XX) each time.. Just inilize it once then move on. Someone in the news groups clear'd it up that it isn't bytes it is writing, but records. So, I understood after that and came to this conclution. and yes this is exactly what I did last time, because I was wokring with the *.msg format at the time (now I remember) and saw that is how you had to read in the message part of the netmail/*.msg message.. ;) Thank you for all your help. Chris Hoppman --- Renegade v06-27.4 Alpha * Origin: The Titantic BBS Telnet - ttb.slyip.com (1:129/305) .