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valid director external cast file > May I know is there any way I could use to detect whether the loaded file is > a valid director external cast file ? you can check out the first bytes of a file by using fileio f.ex file byte/char 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 dir R I F X M V 9 3 i m a p cst R I F X M V 9 3 i m a p dcr R I F X 1 F G A D cct R I F X C F G A D or, on apple macintosh machines you can test the types/creators via fileio file type creator dir 6: dir MV97 MV97 cst MC97 MV97 dir 7: dir MV07 MD00 cst MC07 MD00 dir 8: dir MV08 MD01 cst MC08 MD01 dcr FGDM MD01 cct FGDC MD01 ---- regards dietrich roland