I think that instead of having a settings directory in the user's brlblst directory we should have a complete programData directory. After all, the user may want to define their own styles, Braille tables, etc. This directory would be structured the same as the BrailleBlaster programData directory, but would ontain only things that the user had defined. It would be searched first when a file was needed. John -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities