Hi, wasn't this problem solfed in previous betas? If a file contains iso-8859-1 chars (german umlauts), "search/replace in files" replaces text at the wrong position. Axel -- axel.mueller at amit-services.de http://www.amit-services.de tel (06322) 680 668 fax (06322) 680 666 mobil 0160 973 483 27