Richard/John... Just as an aside, have you considered FTPing your photoplotting files. FTP, I believe, doesn't care how big the files are and you don't have to worry about a modem corrupting your data files.... Don't have your other problems, so I can't comment. Hope this helps if/when you resolve your file size problem. Regards, Bob Vanech Bob Norden Systems ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ##############################################################