Yes...your program works fine as presented. Joe ============================================= > > On Aug 30, 2005, at 5:48 AM, Joe Smith wrote: > >> Since you're adding this example to the Trailer, you may wish to >> insert a >> note regarding the identification of the folder into which >> 'folder1' and >> 'folder2' are being created. What I did was to replace the line > > I am not sure exactly what you mean by this. Even though I don't have > blonde hair, my brother does, and I may be having a moment on his > behalf. > >> err = Fn FsMakeFSSpec ( System ( _aplvRefNum ), System >> ( _aplparID ), _Nil, >> fs ) >> >> With >> >> tempName = files$( _FSSpecFolder,"Choose a folder",, fs ) >> >> The program did NOT work unless you set: fs.name = tempName > > The original example does work, right? I also added a second example, > showing how to let the user choose a folder first, based on your code > above. Now we have many bases covered. > > http://www.foxchange.com/matt/futurebasic/index.php > >> Joe > > > -- > ///\\\///\\\ATT > http://www.foxchange.com/matt > > -- >