Applescript just doesn't like me these days. set dPath to path to desktop as string set newFiepath to dPath & "foo.txt" as string -->"MacHD/Users/Bill/desktop/foo.txt" But now I insert this into a Filemaker script (FM11 0v4) and it produces -->"MacHD/Users/Bill/desktop/#foo.txt" Where did the pound sign come from? Bill Steele [log in to unmask]