I have changed the string to start from 1: String = packed array[1..256] of char; var Test:string; begin readln (Test); end. Now I get the following error: ISO 7185 Pascal does not allow reading strings from textfiles So, how am I suppose to read a string? Read a char one after another? Another question, how do I mark the end of string? Is there a special char for that, like '/0' in C? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/