"Hembree, Dr. Louis" <louis.hembree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > string.cxx:577: error: invalid conversion from `UCHR* const' to `const > char*' This says that you are trying to pass a value of type "unsigned char*' to a parameter of type "const char*". The types "unsigned char*" and "char*" are not assignment compatible. You need to add a cast. Ian