Johnny Lin (deja_jlin@my-deja.com) writes: > maybe someone else has help on specifying paths for data files. FILEPATH has always worked well for me. :-) Cheers, David -- David Fanning, Ph.D. Fanning Software Consulting Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/ Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155