Parse Version v Say v fid='test.txt' x=sysfiletree(fid,a.) Say a.0 Say a.1 Say left(copies('123456789.',10),length(a.1)) Parse Var a.1 20 size . Say 'file size:' size s=charin(fid,,1000) Say length(s) Say 'file' fid 'type' fid