> in line 90,use IO::String; where is the IO::STRING? You can download IO::String (and all other freely available modules from CPAN: http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/IO-String-1.01.tar.gz Elia -- ******************************** * http://www.fugu-sg.org/~elia * * tel: +65 6874 1467 * * mobile: +65 9030 7613 * * fax: +65 6777 0402 * ********************************