DEC-Pascal has the ability to initialise a boolean or an enumerated type from a text file.The text is case insensitive and is read just as any other variable. Is there a way to do this with GPC? If not, are there any good ways to emulate this behaviour? I am currently using GPC v.19991030 based on 2.95.2 19991024 on a LINUX PC. The following program shows the functionallity that I am trying to emulate. Thanks in advance, Lee. --- PROGRAM Read_Enum(input, output); TYPE colour = (red, green, blue); VAR flag : boolean; { Test boolean } mycol : colour; { Test enumerated type } ip_file : TEXT; { input data file } filename : String(80); i : integer; BEGIN filename := "enum.dat"; open(ip_file, filename, history:=old); reset(ip_file); FOR i := 1 to 3 DO BEGIN readln(ip_file, flag); IF (flag) then writeln("Flag is true") ELSE writeln('Flag is false'); END; FOR i := 1 to 3 DO BEGIN readln(ip_file, mycol); CASE mycol OF red : writeln("Your colour is red"); green : writeln("Your colour is green"); blue : writeln("Your colour is blue"); END; END; close(ip_file); END. enum.dat: ======== true False TrUE Red green BLUE output: ====== Flag is true Flag is false Flag is true Your colour is red Your colour is green Your colour is blue -- The Information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful.