I still cant get my external data lookup to work in v4.07. It worked fine in v3.05! I'm using FGREP to do the search of an external text file. The batch file that runs FGREP is: FGREP -m %1 manager.txt > manager.res The output I'm getting is: C:\HAMPRO~1\DX4W407\EXTDATA>FGREP -m TF3CW manager.txt 1>manager.res Any help greatly appreciated. 73, Roger