Wirt after John: > I don't believe that there is a way to transfer negative file > codes with Reflection -- thus the only way to do accomplish > the task is either to change the file code from negative to > positive -- or off-load the data in some manner to flat files. > ..... > If I were facing this problem, I would write some simple > program (and its antiprogram) in BASIC (or whatever) to > unload each of your datasets to flat files -- and reload them > at the other end ..... If I was going to unload and reload IMAGE datasets to a flat file on disc, I would use two handy HP Dictionary/V utilities: DICTDBU and DICTDBL. They are both CM PROGs; before you OCTCOMP them DICTDBU uses 96 sectors; DICTDBL fits in 208 sectors... Of course you have to own Dictionary/V to get the utilities.... :-) Ken Sletten