Because "\" is an escape character prefix you have to write "\\" if you mean the "\". You can also escape other characters with the single \, e.g. \n \r \" Regards Konrad

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thanks for the reply, the problem is that im a complete muppet and can never get libary's to work. anyone care to explain how too? (And yes im know it may seem usless but i aint been use visual c++ for very long) Thanks

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