A while back I was looking for a programmers text editor (multiple documents, syntax highlighting, line numbering) and have tried both "Programmer's Notepad" and "Notepad++". Both have the feature you're asking for. If something else modifies the file, they give a popup saying it was and offering to reload it (and loose any changes you've made in that copy...) -Denny --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .