Hannu �rn wrote in message <343F4BE1.F669CC82@norssi.helsinki.fi>... >Is the package Ada.Text_IO only way to handle files? No. Check out sequential_io and direct_io in section A.8 of the Ada95 LRM. >Are there procedures like Turbo Pascal's BlockRead and >BlockWrite in Ada 95? -- with Std_Disclaimer; use Std_Disclaimer; Signature.Put (Name => Ken Sodemann, E_Mail => kwsodema@avistainc.com Web => http://www.pcii.net/~stuffel Company_Web => http://www.avistainc.com);