On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:36:21 -0300, Tim Locke wrote: > How do I acquire and determine the BOM and endianness of a file I am > reading? > > Thanks You might check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_Order_Mark -- Derek (skype: derek.j.parnell) Melbourne, Australia "Down with mediocrity!" 4/08/2006 2:14:46 PM