> ASCII, I'd suggest > keeping the encoding of strings inside the message > as ASCII. Do you mean the conver of lpHelpFile in WinHelpA before it calls WinHelpW? p.s. sorry I didn't find time for this doing the week Hatky. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com