BP> If you need to dynamically build the string then you could 
BP> use sprintf with a format of...
BP> 
BP> "APPNAME\0%s\0%s\0%s\0\0"

 NF> Won't sprintf get stuck with the first \0 and think it's the string
 NF> termination?

Yup. I've even been through that mistake before but the experience wasn't
enough to make it stick in my memory.

 NF> Perhaps it should be better sprintf( buffer, "APPNAME%c%s%c%s..
 NF> ...%c%c", '\0', FirstParam, '\0', SecondParam, '\0',
 NF> ....., '\0', '\0' );

Yup. Sorry about the bum info, Gary...Nelson's got it straight.

Bill

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