> Re following, Looking at your code, I'd say it is expecting a string > terminator of 0. So a simple work-around is this: > > CLEAR LOCAL > DIM 255 blank$,urlText$ > LOCAL FN Urlgetter > ... > FOR x = 1 to 20 > urlText$ = blank$ 'fill string with zeroes > urlText$ = EDIT$(x) > stat = FN URLSIMPLEDOWNLOAD(#@urlText$+1,#_nil,dH&,of&,_nil,uc&) > > 'blah > 'blah > 'blah > NEXT > ... > END FN Actually, I'm not sure that works. Replace: urlText$ = blank$ with: urlText$;256 = @blank$ to be sure. -- Robin ==================================================== Genesearch Pty Ltd E-mail: robinc@... WWW: http://www.genesearch.com.au ====================================================