We upgraded to 5.5 this week end. May be that has nothing to do with this. When I use this command file(1 line) in QEDIT. cob85xl *,myobj,$null I get the following error?? cob85 LINE # SEQ # COL ERROR SEV TEXT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 00001 08 472 D QEDIT FORMAT ENCOUNTERED FOR FILE COBTEXT . 1 ERROR(s), 0 QUESTIONABLE, 0 WARNING(s) *** COMPILATION TERMINATED *** procedure STACK_TRACE What do I need to do to prevent this... TIA Ron Wallace [log in to unmask]