JG>         You may possibly misunderstand the difference between binary and
JG> text files (or else _I'm_ confused!).  A text file is terminated by a
JG> CTRL-Z (ascii 26), a binary file isn't.  If a binary file is opened in text
JG> mode the reading program will think it's found the end of file marker the
JG> first time it comes across a byte with a value of 26, which is of course a
JG> perfectly valid character in a binary file.
JG> 
JG>         If you write text to a binary file the reading program will still
JG> treat it as text.  Normally programs such as XTree, List, NC, etc.  only
JG> worry about the actual characters read.  i.e.  Provided all characters are
JG> valid text characters the program won't give you an error message, such as
JG> the one you quoted.

    Thanks for the info, XTree Gold don't really care whats in the file 
anwyay, cause i renamed a text file to a .BIN and it wouldn't edit it. Thanks 
for ya help, and don't worry, ya didn't confuse me :-)..

    Cya
         Keith

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