Hi all, I have come across a problem (bug? feature?) trying to pass a string schema parameter to a procedure with a parameter defined as a __cstring__. Please note that I am still using ver 2.0 so if this is fixed in the newer version, let me know. Here is the problem: This program works: 8<-------------------------------------------------- program works1; (* GPC 2.0 *) procedure foo(abar : __cstring__); begin (* dummy proc *) end; var blab : string (200); begin blab := 'Test Me'; foo(blab); end. 8<-------------------------------------------- However, the following program does not. I get the following error when trying to compile: dwork1.pas: In function 'program_Dwork1': dwork1.pas:16:incompatible type for argument 1 of 'Foo' 8<--------------------------------------------- program dwork1; (* GPC 2.0 *) type aCString = __cstring__; procedure foo(abar : aCString); begin (* dummy proc *) end; var blab : string (200); begin blab := 'Test Me'; foo(blab); end. 8<------------------------------------------ Also, if I define a proc in a unit like: procedure foofoo(acstr : __cstring__); and call it from a different program like: foofoo(SomeStrSchema); I get the same error as above DWORK1.PAS program. ******************************************************* Regarding the Pascal -vs- C calling, I like your suggestion, Peter. I would much rather have the string variant be the default but provive the bare ncurses calls just in case. However, the naming may need to be like: pfoo() and cfoo(). The way I understand linking to a C rtn like: function cfoo(SomeNum : integer) : integer; C; requires that I link a C library that contains a function called `cfoo'. If I could specify a different C fcn name to link to ( I think this was discussed before) I could call the procedures almost anything! Thanks much!!! Ken L.