george;

may I suggest:

(1) at the start of FN yourPrefFile

DIM oldResRefNum%
oldResRefNum% = FN CURRESFILE'this is the very first thing to do

(2) at the end of FN yourPrefFile

CALL USERESFILE(oldResRefNum%)'this is the very last thing to do

cheers,


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