Tony wrote: >DIFilefinder.FullName should reurn a widestring Correct. TDIFileFinder.FullName does return a WideString. >however it appears to return a string limited to 255 characters. My test suite verifies that the TDIFileFinder.FullName property does return strings longer than 255 characters. What makes you believe that it does not? Can you provide a test case? Ralf _______________________________________________ Delphi Inspiration mailing list yunqa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx //www.freelists.org/list/yunqa