Is there a way to convert an invalid filename to one that VB4 Win95 can work
with?

say I want to open "Star Trek: The Next Generation" for output, VB gives me
an error because it has an invalid character (the colon). Is there a way,
other then searching through the file for all invalid characters and then
removing them using the MID statement?

Thanks, Bodi

Try enclosing the entire filename in double quotes