Dear All I am getting the below errors while using read and readln functions. *************************************************** READ(i_f, PrcObj^.state); ReadLN(i_f,CurPar^.bvalue); error1: argument to `Read'/`ReadLn' from `Text' file is of wrong type error2: argument to `Read'/`ReadLn' from `Text' file is of wrong type *************************************************** i_f : TEXT; 'CurPar' is a record and the bvalue is a boolean variable 'PrcObj' is a record and 'state' is of 'state_list' type state_list = (downed, install, stopped, waiting, started, running); Regards Hari __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com