Ok, what the heck does this mean!!!??? (gpc-970624) trunkuti.pas: In function `Dectobin': trunkuti.pas:332: prior parameter's size depends on `Decinput' make.exe: *** [trunkuti.o] Error 1 This is the offending line (I don't think I can send the whole file for as I think it's confidential) function DecToBin( DecInput : string ) : wrkstring; Ancient borland legacy code I'm trying to port to gpc (comiled with 2.0). BTW thanks for the great work, most of the problems I had using 2.0 have gone!! Bill -- Leave others their otherness.