I need a faster way to open up a text file than using input to
place it in a variable, then display it on the screen.  I have tried
using binary file input but that will now work since the file is read
only ( it is on a CD).

T.I.A

Mark

In the binary open just make sure your access is read only.  You could read
the file fairly quickly by reading it in 32K at a time.  I have done this
type of operation several times with success, although not from CD but that
shouldn't make any difference I don't think.  You could use API calls to
open and read the file as well.

Anyway, hope this helps!

Could you give us some idea of the method you are using now?
... and a bit more info about the end result you are trying to code?

Barry Evans
Canberra, Australia