r it ,it was working fine but there is a problem:: : some ascii charactars like ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? are presented with ??? with a little: : aquare instead of these! i noticed it is because i save the file as Ansi,: : i know in the saving dialog i can change it to Unicode but how can i do this in Vb?: : check this code out:: : [code] : : Private Sub Command1_Click(): : Open c:eo.txt For Output