> Phil, > > I never could get FINDERINFO to work so I use Apple Events instead. > Opening a file provided by the Finder is one of the 4 required Apple > Events. I implemented it straight from the examples in the FBII > Handbook. You could also get Staz' Apple Events filter which, > incidentally, is included with FB^3. Jamin has summed it up beautifully in his post. He's just earned another merit star. I just didn't want to use AppleEvents on this new project, is all. Phil.