>In converting a program from FB^3's FBII emulation to the Mac Toolbox >(a.k.a. Rntm UltraLite) mode, everything has gone smoothly except for these >two lines: > >open "O", 1, filename,, volRefNum >write file #1, address, numBytes > >(The variables are declared >dim filename as str63, volrefNum, address as ptr, numBytes as long). > >Has anyone made a successful conversion of these, or similar, file-handling >statements? On the FB3 CD, there's a toolbox file handling include. It's located at FutureBasic^3:Examples:Handbook Examples:File Handling:Toolbox file handling.incl A Toolbox file handling.incl also existed in the FB II Handbook files if you need one for FB II. Al Staffieri Jr. AlStaff@... http://members.aol.com/AlStaff/index.html